(01-18-2019 12:02 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote: I just read on Twitter that one big factor that is the result of decline in revenues in undoubtedly due to the shortage of conference tournament credits that UConn now experiences. When the BE/AAC split, the Big East got to keep its tournament shares as part of the divorce, while the AAC got to keep the left-behind tournament credits from Louisville/Syracuse/Pittsburgh/WVU/Notre Dame. Since they are in six-year cycles, that would mean that the 2011 credits concluded last year, with 2012's ending this year. The AAC, aside from UConn's run in 2014, has not had a single team advance to the second weekend - which means there is a dramatic shortage of annual credit allowances that UConn once counted on receiving from men's basketball. Next year, the 2014 credits will roll away.
Essentially, the AAC's tournament credits are being vastly elevated because they are receiving Syracuse's and Louisville's tournament credits from before they left the Big East. Those numbers are in-line to take quite a dip in the coming years.
And, didn't UConn, Cincinnati, and USF get to collect all the revenue from pre-AAC tournament credits and exit fees?
An out-of-the box idea -
Big East adds UConn and Cincinnati (not sure Xavier would approve...?) and then sponsors FBS football - by inviting Army, Navy, BYU, and UMass for football only. May be also invite Air Force, if they can find a home for Olympic sports, such as the Big Sky or WAC...or even Summit or stay in MWC...
20-team schedule for Big East basketball, with UConn and Cincinnati added.
Double round-robin with everyone in your region (East-West) and 4 out of the 6 in the opposite region; just 1 game against 2 of the teams in the opposite region.
For instance, Villanova plays home-away with Providence, Georgetown, St. John's, Seton Hall, and UConn (10 games). Then, home-away with Marquette, Xavier, DePaul, and Butler (8 games). Only home OR away against Creighton and Cincinnati (2 games).
5-6 game football conference schedule. Room for regional and national schedules, perhaps with a P5 OOC scheduling requirement.
At worst, bowl affiliations with the Military and Armed Forces bowls against P5 opponents. Perhaps add a game in the East or Texas (Cure or Frisco?) against the AAC and a game in the West (Hawaii?) against the MWC.