(12-01-2018 06:51 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 06:38 PM)Big Red 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:  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.

What does that have to do with NIU's (and the MAC's) attendance numbers? It's not like the offense is keeping people away. Yeah, the weeknight scheduling is a factor (and it's not like either of those conferences don't play weeknight games....they absolutely do), NIU has never had sustained attendance numbers like either the MW or AAC get on the regular.

And that's even before you get to the subject of budget, which isn't just going to magically grow if they changed conferences.

Most of their teams play in warm weather states. They also get to play their conference championship in the home stadium of the team with the best record. UCF has 3x as many students as NIU. Not all things are equal.

Look at these pictures of Temple vs. USF. Temple plays its games in the city of Philadelphia and their attendance is not good (despite what they claim as their attendance).

https://www.whipradiotu.com/photos-templ...-11-17-18/

You're kind of all over the map on what you are talking about here. At first, you cite a lack of defense. Obviously, that has nothing to do with anything. So, now we're talking about playing in warm weather states (correct, what is NIU supposed to do about that?), playing their Conf Champ in a home stadium (again, what does that matter?), , UCF having 3x as many students as NIU (yeah....so....what's your point other than NIU to agree that NIU isn't attractive to that conference), and now Temple's home attendance. Temple has always been a basketball school first, something that NIU isn't or chooses not to be. They also are located in Philadelphia. They also have 25,000 more students than NIU.

Are you trying to cite reasons why NIU is not attractive to the AAC? I was under the impression you were disagreeing with some of my points, but you seem to be supporting them, so I could very well be wrong.