http://www.midmajormadness.com/2013/3/31...conference

Remember back when we jokingly made that graphic of the "few, very minor" changes the Western Athletic Conference had made in their illustrious history? It seemed pretty humorous at the time, what seemed like a history of shuffling the deck chairs and scrambling just to stay relevant.

Well, it seems now they've taken "grasping for relevance" to a whole new level, by simply giving away their identity. That's right, in what may or may not be a shrewd move, WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd has contacted new Big East commissioner Mike Aresco about the naming issue that the old Big East has to solve by May 2, and a deal was struck.

According to a source close to the discussions, over the next 10 years, the old Big East will give a total of $36 million dollars to the old WAC for the right to call themselves the WAC from here forward. A full announcement should be made later this week once paperwork is completed.

April 1, 2013

(04-01-2013 11:30 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  April 1, 2013

Yeah, I know...I was hoping someone MIGHT take the bait though. I have nothing on btiger I guess. LOL

gayer than whales

That's too much money.

(04-01-2013 11:32 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 11:30 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  April 1, 2013

Yeah, I know...I was hoping someone MIGHT take the bait though. I have nothing on btiger I guess. LOL

I still think it's viable...the What-the-**** Athletic Conference.

(04-01-2013 11:34 AM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 11:32 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 11:30 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  April 1, 2013

Yeah, I know...I was hoping someone MIGHT take the bait though. I have nothing on btiger I guess. LOL

I still think it's viable...the What-the-**** Athletic Conference.

Waited too late in the day... Gotta get 'em before the coffee is brewin'.

Even then, I wasn't going for it.

True story, I actually got my brother just after midnight his time. I called him, waking him up and asking a favor of him, forcing him to get up and do it, even though he had already done it last week. I just pretended that I never got the e-mail he sent me about last week and had him send it again.

I've been getting him for years so if I had waited till after he had woken up for the day, he'd have been on to me.

(04-01-2013 11:28 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  http://www.midmajormadness.com/2013/3/31...conference

Remember back when we jokingly made that graphic of the "few, very minor" changes the Western Athletic Conference had made in their illustrious history? It seemed pretty humorous at the time, what seemed like a history of shuffling the deck chairs and scrambling just to stay relevant.

Well, it seems now they've taken "grasping for relevance" to a whole new level, by simply giving away their identity. That's right, in what may or may not be a shrewd move, WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd has contacted new Big East commissioner Mike Aresco about the naming issue that the old Big East has to solve by May 2, and a deal was struck.

According to a source close to the discussions, over the next 10 years, the old Big East will give a total of $36 million dollars to the old WAC for the right to call themselves the WAC from here forward. A full announcement should be made later this week once paperwork is completed.

(04-01-2013 11:32 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 11:30 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  April 1, 2013

Yeah, I know...I was hoping someone MIGHT take the bait though. I have nothing on btiger I guess. LOL

Nah, you should have just sat back and waited longer. There are definitely several that would have gone for it.

There IS some news on the conference naming front

ReadAboutItHere:

It would have drawn more people in if you said we were buying the rights to the name Conferen USA.

NTR?