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Message: [QUOTE="Zissou, post: 2069624, member: 7920"] [B]In all honesty what do you think that adding Nova(without Bball) and James Madison would do for The AAC's TV Deal?[/B] In all honesty, the premise is a package deal. If UConn and Nova shook hands on doing this together, Nova facilitates UConn to the Big East. The AAC accepts the proposal or it doesn't. Is the AAC better off with the offer or rejecting it? I think they are better off accepting it and not losing UConn altogether, with the basketball loss softened with the scheduling agreement. Bringing up 2 FCS teams that are regular playoff contenders and have each won a recent national championship isn't the weakest add. It reduces travel, not adding to it. It isn't a home run like bringing in Notre Dame, but that isn't happening. If there is any value to the argument that UConn's value is outsized because of the NY market, the same applies to Nova in Philly. UConn-St Johns doesn't split the NY market, it enhances it. Rivalries matter. The same holds true for Nova-Temple except that it is both sports. You are right that we are very happy in hoops. Also, Nova did screw up its past opportunities for FBS. That is on us. But you can only look forward. In my original post I noted that if you believe a P5 invite is around the corner then you are not in the camp that is interested in the Big East scenario. You still think the P5 invite is in the short term. Bless you. For those that are interested in making a Big East move work, I think the financial proposal, the basketball concessions, and the football adds make the change a win for all parties involved. Also, no one is really talking "major" football. We are taking AAC mid major. The best of the G5, but still mid major. At least your hoops would be back in a major conference and you could increase your TV revenue. [/QUOTE]

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