(06-09-2021 04:45 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(06-09-2021 02:02 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(06-09-2021 05:30 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 08:59 AM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  ...could the AAC basically sell their 12th spot to whichever university was willing to pay the most money? And if so, what realistic price could the conference expect?...

C'mon, Joe, you're smarter than that. With entrance fees, exit fees, NCAA credits, retiring contracts and signing new ones, and who knows how much more, membership in every conference is "sold." There's even the backroom talk with media partners of what this would do to the current contracts and future extensions.

And you know, everyone here knows (though they argue differently), that there is WAY more to it than, "Hey, like my school? We have a lot of money! Well, no we're not an urban, resident, top research school...but MONEY!" Ultimately Presidents want to be included in the "upper echelon" of higher learning.

So, no, an alum of Akron could not win a $1.5 billion lottery jackpot and write the AAC a check.

Wait. Billion with a "B"? That would actually probably do it. Each school puts over $100M into their athletics endowment with no strings attached yielding conservatively $5M of unrestricted funds into their athletic budget every year in perpetuity? They'd be foolish to turn that down.

edit: But the AAC is not worth that. Put the money directly into Akron and the AAC will soon be beating down their door.

Yeah, I just picked a number out of my head. Strawman argument


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They say everything is for sale for the right price. In this case I think the price it would take to entice the AAC wouldn’t be a good ROI for the payer.