(12-26-2019 03:13 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 01:29 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 01:16 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 11:55 AM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(12-24-2019 02:55 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  You do realize ESPN already has Georgia St and Buffalo content....every bit of it as a matter of fact. I think you should keep in mind that the AAC can actually end up being better without UConn than they were with UConn....IF they make the right addition/additions. Are Georgia St or Buffalo the schools that will make the AAC better----Or are they just warm body additions? I think you know the answer.

Using your logic the Big XII will never ad any teams from the AAC because ESPN already owns those contends... but I agree that we are better off without UConn.

ESPN would be paying the AAC based on a certain amount of inventory and a set a specific value for that inventory, UConn's value was primarily MBB & WBB and the potential number of subscribers to ESPN+.

Again my point is tat if we add someone like Georgia State with 10-15% of thw Atlanta market or Buffalo with the entire Western New York, Northern PA, And Northeastern Ohio would make up for the loss of what UConn was offering Value wise to maintain the current contract for 13 members.

I’m actually not making any argument at all. You made the assertion that ESPN would want those schools to pick up those market areas. I’m was simply pointing out a fact. ESPN already owns the rights to those schools and those market areas (to whatever degree the schools in question deliver those areas).

As for AAC schools being added to the Big12—.that will only happen for one of two reasons. The Big 12 will only add an AAC school if the new addition is valuable enough to increase the earnings of the existing Big12 teams—or if the Big12 needs to add schools in order to survive as a viable league (as replacements after being poached).

I tend to think that the same thought process applies to the AAC, this conference is as good if not better than the BIG EAST was, the mind set that of what the conference was in 2016 no longer applies... Yes I know about the money factor.

Would all the members of this conference be willing to stand together if in 5 years we would gain AQ (P6) status, and get the money at some point after that?

I believe that if the AAC stays together and gains AQ (P6) Status we would be battling for 3rd or fourth best conference every year.

They of course would be willing to stand together if they get AQ (P6) status. Now here's the truth---they would essentially "stay together" anyway because they have nowhere better to go. The real question is---"If the AAC got P6 status, would AAC members still leave for any of the other current P5 conferences if they were invited? I suspect any AAC member would probably still leave the AAC for a P5 invite---mainly because revenue, stability, and geographic coherence would probably be better in most any P5 conference a AAC school might get invited to. That said---I'd be just fine staying in the AAC for the long term if the AAC had "AQ" (P6) status.

I 100% agree ,,,,,However there are a couple of teams that should be replaced to make our new permanent AQ home more palatable