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RE: IF the B12 raided the AAC, what does the AAC do next?
(05-06-2016 08:38 AM)cmett003 Wrote: (05-06-2016 08:27 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote: (05-06-2016 08:08 AM)cmett003 Wrote: What do you guys think of my conference realignment solution?
The American (after Cincinnati leaves to Big 12 (hypothetical)) and C-USA need to re-align, plus App state moves from the sunbelt. To me no power is lost in the either conference just shifted around to make geographical sense. Regional footprints are way to big in the AAC and C-USA, I doubt people in the AAC can go to very many road games. I know some AAC people are going to scoff at this but a guy can dream right?
Proposed Conferences: (12 teams each)
Conference A: Old Dominion, Marshall, East Carolina, WKU, Charlotte, App State, Temple, Navy, UCF, S Florida, FAU, FIU, UConn
Conference B: Tulsa, SMU, Houston, North Texas, Rice, UTSA, La Tech, Tulane, MTSU, UAB, Southern Miss, UTEP, Memphis
With all due respect I think it’s been documented that the programs and markets in the AAC command the highest TV contract revenue of the G5, what business sense would it make (especially if the AAC lost only 1 school) to completely blow up the conference to merge with a group of schools which it’s just been demonstrated doesn’t attract much TV revenue?
I think if the AAC lost only UC, I would think the pecking order should be BYU (if still available), Army, and then Air Force to fill that single spot. If the AAC couldn’t land any of those 3 I think they can cherry pick whichever program from CUSA or MAC they wish to fill the hole and really not miss a beat.
BYU is probably going to the Big12, Army brings little to no value, their name is popular but product is not. Air Force fits pretty good in the mountian west. The funny thing is that the AAC members think that they are all equal when in reality is a few teams that float the whole conference.
I don’t disagree on your assessment at all, BYU would be a good target for the Big 12 but for some reason (maybe religious restrictions) they don’t seem sold on them.
Army brings 2 things to the table. The number 1 media market in the country being located 30 miles from NYC, and the Army Navy game becomes a conference game, and it’s all about money.
AFA same thing, I also believe they are happy in the MWC but the unequal revenue sharing TV deal the conference has and the chance to be in a conference with Navy may be enough to get them to listen, but again it’s a long shot.
On your last part you are correct to some extent. There are a few teams that float the conference from a performance standpoint, UConn basketball, Houston football ect, but the markets are what also make the conference, and because of those markets the potential exposure is tremendous.
Two examples, last year’s SMU’s basketball team was 18-0 and getting a ton of publicity even though they were ineligible for the NCAA tournament, it’s because it’s SMU and they are in Dallas. Last year a 7-0 Temple football team is playing ND and ends up getting college game day, now a big part of that was ND being in the game but also part of that was because Temple is in Philly. Location isn’t the only part of driving this type of exposure, the performance has to be there (don’t forget the AAC did get 4 teams in the NCAA even with an ineligible SMU team left home and at one time last season had Houston, Navy, Memphis and Temple all ranked in the top 25 in football), my point is when the performance is there, because of the major metropolitan areas the schools are located in the conference gets noticed.
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IF the B12 raided the AAC, what does the AAC do next?
