dogdangit
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RE: American Athletic Conference
(12-01-2018 06:35 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote: (12-01-2018 06:27 PM)epasnoopy Wrote: (12-01-2018 06:07 PM)Big Red Wrote: (12-01-2018 05:20 PM)bikechuck Wrote: (12-01-2018 04:56 PM)Boggs747474 Wrote: Would love to move conferences, I think it’s provem we are done with the Mac and there is nothing more for NIU to accomplish.
Not going anywhere unless we can grow our fan base and somehow dramatically increase our budget for football and basketball.
Yup, both of those conferences would take one look at our attendance numbers and laugh themselves silly.
They play zero defense in that league though. Everytime I see a final score its 40-something to 50-something. UConn set a record for most points given up in a season.
I think if niu had an enrollment of 30k, attendence of 25k, AD budget 2x the current one, a univ endowment of $1B, and a somewhat competitive basketball team when the AAC was formed - we would have gotten the nod.
The football team has nothing to do with not moving from the MAC.
The reason they're all able to achieve this is their local populations as well. AAC has teams scattered all throughout major population areas such as Houston, Philly, Orlando, Cinci, Dallas and Memphis. NIU needs to capture a nearby population to tab as "its own" and go all in on marketing. We all know Chicago is a waste of time at this point. Either choose Rockford or the Naperville/Aurora area and build a solid base there.
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