(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 10:17 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 04:51 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 02:53 PM)Wavetime Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 01:44 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  
TULANE
2021 - 17,068
2020 - N/A
2019 - 24,325
2018 - 18,015
2017 - 16,939

SOUTHERN MISS
2021 - 23,259
2020 - N/A
2019 - 24,765
2018 - 21,615
2017 - 21,710

MARSHALL
2021 - 21,743
2020 - N/A
2019 - 23,190
2018 - 24,063
2017 - 21,741

I can't believe a Tulane fan is trying to tell others about attendance, fan support, and dragging down a conference. I just can't. I've seen it ALL.

Tulane was long considered the bottom feeder in CUSA... went 80-132 during their tenure in CUSA.... yet Marshall and USM dragged CUSA down?? What??

Your basketball attendance is DEAD LAST almost every year in the AAC. Your attendance this past season was worse than UL-Monroe.... and that's with Tulane getting popular teams at home with Memphis, SMU, Wichita State, UCF, and #15 Houston at home.

Your football attendance has been worse than USM and Marshall, as you can see.

My daughter went to USM and thus I've been to almost every home game over the past 3 years. If USM had 10,000 fans in "The Rock" for those games I'd be surprised. Not knocking USM, I love that place and they have plenty of my money. But....

I really don’t know how many times I have to repeat that wins and losses mean absolutely nothing. It’s all about markets and academics. That’s all that matters. Two things most of the Sun Belt do not have. I don’t care if Tulane went 0-200 over the last 15 years, we will always be a more valuable commodity because we have a market and our academics are top notch. That’s just the way it is. We will always be better than you.

Truth is, you bring academics into your argument because Tulane has absolutely nothing to fall back on athletically, and you know that.

People in NOLA don't give a crap about Tulane athletics. Tulane has reached their peak in the AAC. And media partners will find zero value in your NOLA market if you're going 0-200... you think ESPN cares about academics?? If they did, they'd have the Ivy League on every weekend.

And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

Is this another one of GhostCLTs burner accounts? Just says the same thing over and over again. I think this is the 4th one.

(07-10-2022 12:07 PM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 10:17 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 04:51 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 02:53 PM)Wavetime Wrote:  My daughter went to USM and thus I've been to almost every home game over the past 3 years. If USM had 10,000 fans in "The Rock" for those games I'd be surprised. Not knocking USM, I love that place and they have plenty of my money. But....

I really don’t know how many times I have to repeat that wins and losses mean absolutely nothing. It’s all about markets and academics. That’s all that matters. Two things most of the Sun Belt do not have. I don’t care if Tulane went 0-200 over the last 15 years, we will always be a more valuable commodity because we have a market and our academics are top notch. That’s just the way it is. We will always be better than you.

Truth is, you bring academics into your argument because Tulane has absolutely nothing to fall back on athletically, and you know that.

People in NOLA don't give a crap about Tulane athletics. Tulane has reached their peak in the AAC. And media partners will find zero value in your NOLA market if you're going 0-200... you think ESPN cares about academics?? If they did, they'd have the Ivy League on every weekend.

And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

Is this another one of GhostCLTs burner accounts? Just says the same thing over and over again. I think this is the 4th one.

Did you expect no push back when you and all your cronies constantly come over to OUR board and tell us how our conference is equal to your conference which is delusional. Of course there will be push back from us and really anybody with common sense. Go back to your board and maybe you and the Southern Miss people can swap stories about how you beat Florida State in 1978.

(07-09-2022 10:39 PM)sstaedtler88 Wrote:  

(06-29-2022 02:08 PM)mustangxc Wrote:  For those asking the AAC tiers are:

Tier 2:
SMU
Memphis
Navy
UAB

Tier 3:
Tulsa
Tulane
Temple
USF
ECU
UNT
UTSA
FAU

Tier 4:
Rice
Charlotte

*No tier 1 schools remain (UH, UC, UCF are Tier 1 along with Boise State)

North Texas has 3 winning seasons in the last 17. To me, they are close to Tier 4.

And yet each time realignment has impacted our conference affiliation, UNT has moved up to a more prestigious collection of programs. Winning.

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

I'm not sure if you've realized this, but like most of the Sun Belt, Troy's athletic department is basically a farm team organization for bigger programs in better conferences (like the AAC). Any coach that develops a winning program in any sport at Troy is at risk of being poached by a more prestigious program in a better conference (like Tulane).

Don't get me wrong, all G5's are farm organizations for the P5's, but for the most part the Sun Belt, MAC, & C-USA are also farm organizations for the AAC and MWC. It just comes down to money, resources, & facilities.

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

CBT: Tulane only had 8 nationally televised games last season!
*checks notes* Troy only had 2.

What a weird flex.

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

Troy is a third tier garbage school that most people around the world do not know even exists. Tulane is a first tier AAU school that well educated people around the world know about. Often times I wear my Tulane hat or shirt when traveling and almost always receive a comment about what a fine university Tulane is or someone will say to me Roll Wave. By contrast Troy is completely irrelevant as a university and has no name recognition around the world or as a brand.
Also I find it interesting how Sun Belt posters constantly show their inferiority complex by posting on the AAC board. I have no desire to go to the Sun Belt board as I have zero interest in Sun Belt schools. I can only assume that these Sun Belt folks want their conference to be “little brother” to the AAC.

(07-10-2022 02:20 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

I'm not sure if you've realized this, but like most of the Sun Belt, Troy's athletic department is basically a farm team organization for bigger programs in better conferences (like the AAC). Any coach that develops a winning program in any sport at Troy is at risk of being poached by a more prestigious program in a better conference (like Tulane).

Don't get me wrong, all G5's are farm organizations for the P5's, but for the most part the Sun Belt, MAC, & C-USA are also farm organizations for the AAC and MWC. It just comes down to money, resources, & facilities.

Apparently you people think this is going to be the same AAC without Houston/UCF/Cincy being here.

I can't wait to see the hard wake up call.

(07-10-2022 02:50 PM)sunamiwave Wrote:  Troy is a third tier garbage school that most people around the world do not know even exists. Tulane is a first tier AAU school that well educated people around the world know about. Often times I wear my Tulane hat or shirt when traveling and almost always receive a comment about what a fine university Tulane is or someone will say to me Roll Wave. By contrast Troy is completely irrelevant as a university and has no name recognition around the world or as a brand.
Also I find it interesting how Sun Belt posters constantly show their inferiority complex by posting on the AAC board. I have no desire to go to the Sun Belt board as I have zero interest in Sun Belt schools. I can only assume that these Sun Belt folks want their conference to be “little brother” to the AAC.

I love that you keep deflecting from Tulane's poor athletics/support in all of this, yet you initially touted it. That's the best part.

SBC isn't looking to be little brother. That may be the position the AAC finds themselves in by 2023 though.

(07-10-2022 03:21 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:20 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

I'm not sure if you've realized this, but like most of the Sun Belt, Troy's athletic department is basically a farm team organization for bigger programs in better conferences (like the AAC). Any coach that develops a winning program in any sport at Troy is at risk of being poached by a more prestigious program in a better conference (like Tulane).

Don't get me wrong, all G5's are farm organizations for the P5's, but for the most part the Sun Belt, MAC, & C-USA are also farm organizations for the AAC and MWC. It just comes down to money, resources, & facilities.

Apparently you people think this is going to be the same AAC without Houston/UCF/Cincy being here.

I can't wait to see the hard wake up call.

Everyone knows it will be a different incarnation of the AAC, but it will still be head and shoulders better than the new Sun Belt. That's probably why so many of you Belt posters are trolling the AAC board. I doubt the Sun Belt board is experiencing an influx of AAC posters.

First rest of the G4’s have to match all championships and accomplishments before crowning themselves equal or above the AAC.

Guess I have no other choice than wait decade and see what their results are.

(07-10-2022 03:40 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 03:21 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:20 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

I'm not sure if you've realized this, but like most of the Sun Belt, Troy's athletic department is basically a farm team organization for bigger programs in better conferences (like the AAC). Any coach that develops a winning program in any sport at Troy is at risk of being poached by a more prestigious program in a better conference (like Tulane).

Don't get me wrong, all G5's are farm organizations for the P5's, but for the most part the Sun Belt, MAC, & C-USA are also farm organizations for the AAC and MWC. It just comes down to money, resources, & facilities.

Apparently you people think this is going to be the same AAC without Houston/UCF/Cincy being here.

I can't wait to see the hard wake up call.

Everyone knows it will be a different incarnation of the AAC, but it will still be head and shoulders better than the new Sun Belt. That's probably why so many of you Belt posters are trolling the AAC board. I doubt the Sun Belt board is experiencing an influx of AAC posters.

I heard this in 2017 on the CUSA board.

(07-10-2022 04:00 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 03:40 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 03:21 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:20 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 02:02 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  LOL. Tulane had 1/3 of their games on ESPN+ last season, and Troy averages about 7,000 more per game than Tulane.
So would you like to try that again?

You try to talk big for a fan of a school that, again, has absolutely nothing to show for.

Tulane wasn't elite in CUSA. They aren't elite in the AAC. They're fodder that has reached its pinnacle.

I'm not sure if you've realized this, but like most of the Sun Belt, Troy's athletic department is basically a farm team organization for bigger programs in better conferences (like the AAC). Any coach that develops a winning program in any sport at Troy is at risk of being poached by a more prestigious program in a better conference (like Tulane).

Don't get me wrong, all G5's are farm organizations for the P5's, but for the most part the Sun Belt, MAC, & C-USA are also farm organizations for the AAC and MWC. It just comes down to money, resources, & facilities.

Apparently you people think this is going to be the same AAC without Houston/UCF/Cincy being here.

I can't wait to see the hard wake up call.

Everyone knows it will be a different incarnation of the AAC, but it will still be head and shoulders better than the new Sun Belt. That's probably why so many of you Belt posters are trolling the AAC board. I doubt the Sun Belt board is experiencing an influx of AAC posters.

I heard this in 2017 on the CUSA board.

This isn't 2017. But in 2017 C-USA had no media exposure. The AAC still has a much better media deal than the Sun Belt. Even without receiving an equal distribution to the returning members, the C-USA6 additions will bring in more media revenue than the Sun Belt members, and with more and better broadcasting schedules on ESPN's family of networks.

First they ignore at you
Then they laugh at you <— we are here
Then they fight you
Then you win

(07-10-2022 04:27 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  First they ignore at you
Then they laugh at you <— we are here
Then they fight you
Then you win

Ha! Ha! Ha! We are certainly still at the laugh at you stage.

(07-10-2022 04:46 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 04:27 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  First they ignore at you
Then they laugh at you <— we are here
Then they fight you
Then you win

Ha! Ha! Ha! We are certainly still at the laugh at you stage.

They're over there making plans for Memphis to join. It's funny af.

That’s what going to make it even sweeter for the second time.

(07-10-2022 12:07 PM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 10:45 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 10:17 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 04:51 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(07-08-2022 02:53 PM)Wavetime Wrote:  My daughter went to USM and thus I've been to almost every home game over the past 3 years. If USM had 10,000 fans in "The Rock" for those games I'd be surprised. Not knocking USM, I love that place and they have plenty of my money. But....

I really don’t know how many times I have to repeat that wins and losses mean absolutely nothing. It’s all about markets and academics. That’s all that matters. Two things most of the Sun Belt do not have. I don’t care if Tulane went 0-200 over the last 15 years, we will always be a more valuable commodity because we have a market and our academics are top notch. That’s just the way it is. We will always be better than you.

Truth is, you bring academics into your argument because Tulane has absolutely nothing to fall back on athletically, and you know that.

People in NOLA don't give a crap about Tulane athletics. Tulane has reached their peak in the AAC. And media partners will find zero value in your NOLA market if you're going 0-200... you think ESPN cares about academics?? If they did, they'd have the Ivy League on every weekend.

And yet we were chosen to be in a top tier conference while nobody has even heard of your program and your conference. Make that make sense to me junior. Probably because we are considered an elite program while your school gets confused with a junior college. The no market strategy of the Sun Belt has to be the worst strategy ever in college athletics. But I guess if you think playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 on ESPN 3 is “big time” then I say good for you sir, enjoy your success.

Is this another one of GhostCLTs burner accounts? Just says the same thing over and over again. I think this is the 4th one.

Several of us got a secret talking to by the UNCC mod for pointing this out and the comments were removed. So yeah you're probably dead on target. No one that can wants to do anything about it

(07-10-2022 09:15 PM)sunamiwave Wrote:  Dude you are obviously not the sharpest tool in the tool shed. That was my first post in this thread so it is factually inaccurate for you to say that I “keep deflecting.” However feel free to go ahead and keep making a fool out of yourself.
The only person deflecting is you. Tulane brings more brand value to the television networks and specifically to ESPN than Troy. Troy is a third tier, no name school that is completely irrelevant and unknown across the country while Tulane is a first tier, AAU university that is recognized and respected around the world. If ESPN had to choose between Tulane and Troy they would easily choose Tulane. It would not even be close. Must be why ESPN is paying us close to $7 million while little ole’ Troy gets only around $750,000 from ESPN. Troy is a third tier, garbage school that brings almost no value to ESPN. Tulane gets much better coverage from ESPN than Troy.

But... you do keep deflecting. Dude, Tulane athletics is about as valuable as a turd salad to ESPN. Nobody is beating down the door to watch Tulane because they're an AAU. ESPN doesn't care about that. The majority of people in New Orleans have no idea who Tulane is playing on a given Saturday, much less who Tulane is playing in basketball... you average about as much as UNO does. So the market potential hasn't been helping.

Aresco probably thought Tulane could do well in the AAC with more money... yet here you are at the bottom of the barrel. That was probably the whole reason for the AAC invite was the "potential", but that ceiling has been reached.

(07-10-2022 10:30 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 09:15 PM)sunamiwave Wrote:  Dude you are obviously not the sharpest tool in the tool shed. That was my first post in this thread so it is factually inaccurate for you to say that I “keep deflecting.” However feel free to go ahead and keep making a fool out of yourself.
The only person deflecting is you. Tulane brings more brand value to the television networks and specifically to ESPN than Troy. Troy is a third tier, no name school that is completely irrelevant and unknown across the country while Tulane is a first tier, AAU university that is recognized and respected around the world. If ESPN had to choose between Tulane and Troy they would easily choose Tulane. It would not even be close. Must be why ESPN is paying us close to $7 million while little ole’ Troy gets only around $750,000 from ESPN. Troy is a third tier, garbage school that brings almost no value to ESPN. Tulane gets much better coverage from ESPN than Troy.

But... you do keep deflecting. Dude, Tulane athletics is about as valuable as a turd salad to ESPN. Nobody is beating down the door to watch Tulane because they're an AAU. ESPN doesn't care about that. The majority of people in New Orleans have no idea who Tulane is playing on a given Saturday, much less who Tulane is playing in basketball... you average about as much as UNO does. So the market potential hasn't been helping.

Aresco probably thought Tulane could do well in the AAC with more money... yet here you are at the bottom of the barrel. That was probably the whole reason for the AAC invite was the "potential", but that ceiling has been reached.

Dude you are obviously ignorant and you continue to deflect. I never said people are “beating down the door” to watch Tulane because they are AAU. We were comparing whether Tulane or Troy was more valuable to the television networks and specifically ESPN. I said ESPN would easily choose Tulane over Troy because almost no one in the US has even heard of Troy. Troy is about as valuable to ESPN as a pile of sh_t. At least people in the US have heard of Tulane and have a high regard for the university. Tulane has brand value as a prestigious institution recognized around the world whereas Troy has no brand value and is just a pile of sh_t that no one across the country has even heard of. In the comparison between Troy and Tulane it is not even close. Troy is a crappy university with a turd sandwich for an athletics program that brings zero value to ESPN.
Also you keep mentioning fans in New Orleans but ESPN cares about the number of viewers nationwide. ESPN would much rather cover Tulane than Troy because the network knows it will have more viewers with Tulane nationwide than it would have with Troy. This is why ESPN gives Tulane much better coverage than Troy.
Lastly it is hilarious to see criticism of Tulane on an AAC board coming from a Troy fan. Everything about Troy sucks. Troy as an academic institution sucks. Troy’s football program sucks. All of Troy’s athletic programs suck and are turd sandwiches. Troy is at the bottom of the barrel both as an academic institution and as an athletics program. Troy is a sixth rate institution within the state of Alabama. Alabama, Auburn, UAB, South Alabama, and Jacksonville State are all better than Troy both in academics and athletics.

(07-10-2022 11:09 PM)sunamiwave Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 10:30 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 09:15 PM)sunamiwave Wrote:  Dude you are obviously not the sharpest tool in the tool shed. That was my first post in this thread so it is factually inaccurate for you to say that I “keep deflecting.” However feel free to go ahead and keep making a fool out of yourself.
The only person deflecting is you. Tulane brings more brand value to the television networks and specifically to ESPN than Troy. Troy is a third tier, no name school that is completely irrelevant and unknown across the country while Tulane is a first tier, AAU university that is recognized and respected around the world. If ESPN had to choose between Tulane and Troy they would easily choose Tulane. It would not even be close. Must be why ESPN is paying us close to $7 million while little ole’ Troy gets only around $750,000 from ESPN. Troy is a third tier, garbage school that brings almost no value to ESPN. Tulane gets much better coverage from ESPN than Troy.

But... you do keep deflecting. Dude, Tulane athletics is about as valuable as a turd salad to ESPN. Nobody is beating down the door to watch Tulane because they're an AAU. ESPN doesn't care about that. The majority of people in New Orleans have no idea who Tulane is playing on a given Saturday, much less who Tulane is playing in basketball... you average about as much as UNO does. So the market potential hasn't been helping.

Aresco probably thought Tulane could do well in the AAC with more money... yet here you are at the bottom of the barrel. That was probably the whole reason for the AAC invite was the "potential", but that ceiling has been reached.

Dude you are obviously ignorant and you continue to deflect. I never said people are “beating down the door” to watch Tulane because they are AAU. We were comparing whether Tulane or Troy was more valuable to the television networks and specifically ESPN. I said ESPN would easily choose Tulane over Troy because almost no one in the US has even heard of Troy. Troy is about as valuable to ESPN as a pile of sh_t. At least people in the US have heard of Tulane and have a high regard for the university. Tulane has brand value as a prestigious institution recognized around the world whereas Troy has no brand value and is just a pile of sh_t that no one across the country has even heard of. In the comparison between Troy and Tulane it is not even close. Troy is a crappy university with a turd sandwich for an athletics program that brings zero value to ESPN.
Also you keep mentioning fans in New Orleans but ESPN cares about the number of viewers nationwide. ESPN would much rather cover Tulane than Troy because the network knows it will have more viewers with Tulane nationwide than it would have with Troy. This is why ESPN gives Tulane much better coverage than Troy.
Lastly it is hilarious to see criticism of Tulane on an AAC board coming from a Troy fan. Everything about Troy sucks. Troy as an academic institution sucks. Troy’s football program sucks. All of Troy’s athletic programs suck and are turd sandwiches. Troy is at the bottom of the barrel both as an academic institution and as an athletics program. Troy is a sixth rate institution within the state of Alabama. Alabama, Auburn, UAB, South Alabama, and Jacksonville State are all better than Troy both in academics and athletics.

LOL. Are we gonna keep going in this circle? And please don't kid yourself comparing Tulane and Troy in athletics. That's just dumb and shows you really don't do your research.