Im just waiting for Navy to announce they're going independent again.

(10-08-2021 04:07 PM)Ourland Wrote:  If true, Memphis must be sick to its stomach.

I dont know. Memphis was in CUSA with Marshall, UAB and Charlotte before.

(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Im just waiting for Navy to announce they're going independent again.

Maybe they join the MWC for football only. They like being in AAC west, and it would put them in with the AFA?

If a department head brought me those numbers that spanned 8 years and try to sell me on....

if we just up the budget by 50% and took out all the main hitter and replaced those with programs we complained about playing for the last 3 years. That today with a 50% budget increase those numbers will now all of a sudden increase to cover that extra cost. And do that in a time when more and more people are not spending their money on what we are selling.

I would fire that person on the spot. Does anyone else see it that way and try to set aside your fandom when answering that question? As a businessman this does not make any sense to me...

no matter the names going to the AAC

Some presidents are going to answering some hard questions in 5 years

(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:07 PM)Ourland Wrote:  If true, Memphis must be sick to its stomach.

I dont know. Memphis was in CUSA with Marshall, UAB and Charlotte before.

Exactly the reason why Memphis will be sick to its stomach. But Memphis won't be in the AAC much longer anyways so they'll survive.

(10-08-2021 04:11 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  If a department head brought me those numbers that spanned 8 years and try to sell me on....

if we just up the budget by 50% and took out all the main hitter and replaced those with programs we complained about playing for the last 3 years. That today with a 50% budget increase those numbers will now all of a sudden increase to cover that extra cost. And do that in a time when more and more people are not spending their money on what we are selling.

I would fire that person on the spot. Does anyone else see it that way and try to set aside your fandom when answering that question? As a businessman this does not make any sense to me...

no matter the names going to the AAC

Some presidents are going to answering some hard questions in 5 years

This is a message board, logic and reason are not allowed. We prefer Unicorn Farts and Fairy Tears.

My educated guess is FAU, UAB, La Tech and Marshall.

Means as much as a guess from Matt Brown who has been wrong plenty before

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(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Im just waiting for Navy to announce they're going independent again.

Navy doesn’t hate the Herd THAT bad. They agreed to a series with us.

Is it possible that the American would lower lofty goals of budget requirements or at least lower them temporarily to allow the affected programs time to gradually get to that number?

(10-08-2021 04:04 PM)Superanjario Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 03:24 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  How did Marshall get paid? Other 3 do not surprise me of course, at least have the money. Surprised Marshall can bump up their budget that much in such a short amount of time..

We have fairly low student subsidy for a G5. The people in charge may decide to subsidize more and the American will give a bigger conference distribution by several million.

You could raise the student fees to $1,000 and not raise 7 extra million dollars. Now try doing that in Huntington and see how well that goes over. Poor state and poor people struggling dont like a 6% increase from $8894 to $9,444 and that's without any tuition increase.

Local media would bury Marshall the same way it would in BG

(10-08-2021 04:17 PM)HERDDDDD Wrote:  Is it possible that the American would lower lofty goals of budget requirements or at least lower them temporarily to allow the affected programs time to gradually get to that number?

It almost HAS to if it wants to survive.

(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:07 PM)Ourland Wrote:  If true, Memphis must be sick to its stomach.

I dont know. Memphis was in CUSA with Marshall, UAB and Charlotte before.

Those schools don't even come close to replacing UCF, UH, and Cincinnati. They can have Charlotte and UTSA. UTSA leaving opens up a spot in the MWC for Rice. I hope this news is accurate, and not poop...

Then possibly 2-4 more to the Sun Belt

(10-08-2021 04:17 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:04 PM)Superanjario Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 03:24 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  How did Marshall get paid? Other 3 do not surprise me of course, at least have the money. Surprised Marshall can bump up their budget that much in such a short amount of time..

We have fairly low student subsidy for a G5. The people in charge may decide to subsidize more and the American will give a bigger conference distribution by several million.

You could raise the student fees to $1,000 and not raise 7 extra million dollars. Now try doing that in Huntington and see how well that goes over. Poor state and poor people struggling dont like a 6% increase from $8894 to $9,444 and that's without any tuition increase.

Local media would bury Marshall the same way it would in BG

Local media will almost universally applaud the ambition. Not convinced we are going yet, but you are misreading Marshall. And 3-4 million makes us competitive in football and basketball budgets—all that matters.

(10-08-2021 04:16 PM)Superanjario Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Im just waiting for Navy to announce they're going independent again.

Navy doesn’t hate the Herd THAT bad. They agreed to a series with us.

It's not because of Marshall. At that point they're in CUSA2.0 with two additional teams that didn't have football when 2.0 was around.

(10-08-2021 04:18 PM)Ourland Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:07 PM)Ourland Wrote:  If true, Memphis must be sick to its stomach.

I dont know. Memphis was in CUSA with Marshall, UAB and Charlotte before.

Those schools don't even come close to replacing UCF, UH, and Cincinnati. They can have Charlotte and UTSA. UTSA leaving opens up a spot in the MWC for Rice. I hope this news is accurate, and not poop...

Just saw the tweet. He puts the word "GUESS" in all caps. Plus, didnt we hear that UTSA said no already? Who knows. My GUESS is UAB wants to go, but also wants to know who the heck will be there with them before they say yes officially.

(10-08-2021 04:24 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:18 PM)Ourland Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:07 PM)Ourland Wrote:  If true, Memphis must be sick to its stomach.

I dont know. Memphis was in CUSA with Marshall, UAB and Charlotte before.

Those schools don't even come close to replacing UCF, UH, and Cincinnati. They can have Charlotte and UTSA. UTSA leaving opens up a spot in the MWC for Rice. I hope this news is accurate, and not poop...

Just saw the tweet. He puts the word "GUESS" in all caps. Plus, didnt we hear that UTSA said no already? Who knows. My GUESS is UAB wants to go, but also wants to know who the heck will be there with them before they say yes officially.

Yeah some people fail at reading comprehension here. And are hoping a lot

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(10-08-2021 04:20 PM)Superanjario Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:17 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:04 PM)Superanjario Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 03:24 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  How did Marshall get paid? Other 3 do not surprise me of course, at least have the money. Surprised Marshall can bump up their budget that much in such a short amount of time..

We have fairly low student subsidy for a G5. The people in charge may decide to subsidize more and the American will give a bigger conference distribution by several million.

You could raise the student fees to $1,000 and not raise 7 extra million dollars. Now try doing that in Huntington and see how well that goes over. Poor state and poor people struggling dont like a 6% increase from $8894 to $9,444 and that's without any tuition increase.

Local media would bury Marshall the same way it would in BG

Local media will almost universally applaud the ambition. Not convinced we are going yet, but you are misreading Marshall. And 3-4 million makes us competitive in football and basketball budgets—all that matters.

I am also not convinced MU is going to the AAC. But you are correct the local media would support it. As it stands know MU would have two schools in North Carolina and two schools in bordering states all with name recognition. Memphis will be gone, but still the a nice basis for a conference.

(10-08-2021 04:18 PM)Superanjario Wrote:  

(10-08-2021 04:17 PM)HERDDDDD Wrote:  Is it possible that the American would lower lofty goals of budget requirements or at least lower them temporarily to allow the affected programs time to gradually get to that number?

It almost HAS to if it wants to survive.

Agreed. After seeing this I’m guessing Marshall informed them they could not make the financial jump required, following in UTSA’s footsteps. This in turn has possibly led to AAC dropping said requirements, at least temporarily.

Matt Brown: hey guys since you asked here’s my guess on who goes to the aac lol
CUSA internet: HE SWORE ON HIS GRANDMOTHER’S GRAVE AND DAUGHTER’S BABY TEETH THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HAPPENING IN 40 FISCAL HOURS AND HE GOT THE AIR FORCE/COLORADO STATE THING WRONG OR RATHER THE PARTICIPANTS CHANGED THEIR MIND BUT IDC HE’S FAKE NEWS AND EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS SATAN’S SEMEN all hail poop

man it’s hard to hustle in sportswriting these days