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Message: [QUOTE="Confident Carl, post: 2450318, member: 1632"] As the NFL ratings decline, due to a lack of patriotism, the AAC should take advantage of the opportunity by adding Army and Airforce and market the American as the most patriotic football conference in the country complete with all the pomp and excitement that the academies bring to a football game. This gives the American a unique identity. [URL='https://herosports.com/college-football/ranking-best-college-football-helmets-patriotic-ahah']Ranking the 10 Best Patriotic College Football Helmets[/URL] [ATTACH=full]26621[/ATTACH] [URL]https://nypost.com/2017/11/22/the-nfl-ratings-slump-is-getting-worse/[/URL] Also might be the time to add two more powerful programs, BYU and Boise State. That would bring football to 16. Obviously strengthens the caliber of the American. The two major questions would be: 1. How much $ economic value would the additions of Army, Air Force, BYU and Boise St add to the conference TV contract wise? None, little, lot? That would obviously have to be quantified before you could get the new teams to depart from their their current status. Why waste the time if there is no increase in contract value. 2. As in the first go around they would have to address basketball and Olympic sports issues. This is what a 16 team American Athletic Conference looks like. Might also want to consider more quality Bball teams. Army would be Football only. AAC East UCONN ARMY NAVY TEMPLE CINCINNATI ECU UCF USF AAC West AIRFORCE BOISE STATE* BYU MEMPHIS HOUSTON SMU TULANE TULSA *If BYU is too complicated then possibly Colorado State or SDSU (we've been down this road but maybe now is the time since the AAC has some history). [/QUOTE]

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