(06-30-2019 04:40 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-30-2019 02:51 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  

(06-30-2019 11:38 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-30-2019 09:46 AM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  AAC everyone has athletic potential but too much competition for a G5 conference. That TV deal is big time though with the ABC/CBS exposure.

There's not much evidence of that. In five years, the AAC has gotten the Access bid three times. One of the other times it went to the MWC, the other top G5 conference. Only once has the "big fish/small pond" gotten it.

I wasn't referring to the access bowl chances. No doubt they are better as the AAC champion.

But what I'm saying is any MAC school that joined would be dwarfed by the other members of the conference in terms of financial backing, potential ect. A good MAC program would function as a small player as opposed to a big player in the MAC.

I don't agree with your opinion that a move to AAC is a no brain decision for MAC/CUSA/SBC because the AAC spends like there is no tomorrow on athletics. Most of G4 for that matter its politically infeasible to drop 4 million on a FB coach.

Obviously there are some like Old Dominion where its a no brainer decision to hop over to the AAC because travel is bad in CUSA as it is. But for many its an automatic decision because of the P5 level (albeit lower tier) budgets in the AAC.

Are you sure? Yes, the AAC schools are fiscally absurd when it comes to athletics, they soak their students to the tune of $25m a year to maintain a facade of "big time", etc. UConn finally sunk under the weight of that.

But, don't MAC schools do pretty much the same?

No. I figured you would know this.

The MAC these days pays right about at x2 the going rate of FCS conferences in FB & BB for staff. They pay 150-300k for a BB coach an the MAC is paying 300-600k for BB coaches for example.

Its enough money for the MAC to be a step up for those FCS leagues but they aren't attempting by any means to run with the P5 leagues. One coach in the MAC makes over 1 million dollars but he's won a MAC FB Championship.

AAC is trying to compete directly with the P5 on salaries and facilities. The MAC as a rule doesn't build anything unless a big donor is uncovered and from there it becomes a project for the giving club. Totally different philosophy on how to finance facilities.