(02-08-2012 09:53 PM)Okie Chippewa Wrote: At first, I didn't like this idea. After mulling it over, I would be for an 16 to 20 team MAC, whereby you would have an Eastern League and a Western League. Lots of different scheduling scenarios and some of them just might work.
I am against a "clean" breakup of the conference. The MAC is the last long-standing Division 1 college athletic association that hasn't let greed dictate policy.
Hmmm....Maybe it would make sense for the MAC to go down your line of thinking and offer other "MAC like" schools to join in the South with the idea that they would fit into the MAC model.
MAC South: La Tech, Ark State, WKU, MTSU, Marshall, So Miss, UAB ECU, Ohio, Miami
MAC North: NIU, Ball State, WMU, CMU, EMU, BG, Toledo, Akron, Kent, Buffalo
Move the MAC Championship from Detroit to Nashville to support a more central geography.
It might not be an ideal situation for USM, UAB, ECU, La Tech ect..to have to go to Cleveland for a men's basketball tournament but at least its at a neutral site.
With 20 schools the MAC could offer a lot of inventory and greatly increase the TV payout. It wouldn't be as high per school as CUSA but it would be close. Travel costs would be way lower than what the Alliance could offer.