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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 4078681, member: 1609"] Im not sure what you mean but these are the facts. The AAC is the direct decedent of the Dave Gavitt‘s Big East chartered in 1979 . The C7 broke away from that conference in 2013 and attempted to destroy it and make off with the war chest of $70,000,000 .acquired through earned NCAA credits mostly earned by non C7 , schools and exit fees from football schools that joined P5 conferences. They were stopped cold by the three remaining members UConn, Cinncy, and USF by a loophole in the bylaws. By the way the majority of that money was divided between the three remaining schools and distritubuted over a 5 year period in addition to the media and football playoff money. From 2014-2019 UConn was the benefactor of approx $8,000,000 per year in part from old Big East money. When the new contract failed to meet our minimum threshold of $10,000,000 we decided to part ways from the conference we founded in 1979. Aresco who was the president of the Big East had a grandiose dream of a national conference which needed a national name, he granted the C7 the use of the name which he had no use for , which was a mistake , in order to forfeit all claim to the conference assets. The headquarters and all employees of the big East respectively became the property and employees of the AAC. The current Big East started from zero. The charter for the conference now known as the Big East dates to around 2013. All collective history it claims prior to that is mythical. I understand the desire to play with your old rivals and to be in a local conference. I understand many respected (there are a few )posters See the C7 as blameless. However I don’t cut them slack they had the votes to control who was accepted and who was rejected and leaving over an addition is bizarre Excuse . No they were negotiating there own deal even as they charged their chosen commissioner to find new football members.With the intent to destroy the old conference. They also voted to exclude UConn from the final Big East tourney which is hilarious as we were the only founding member staying in conference. It sad to see any conference destroyed especially one with a history. I was appalled when I looked at the WAC . But seeing the AAC destroyed is particularly difficult. Partly because we were a co - founder and partly because of the key role it played in the resurrection of Eastern Basketball and later football. I suspect I could take solace in the fact that The Big East/ AAC had been the only conference that have had teams elevated to power conferences Even TCU was a member of the AAC when they were picked by the Big 12. I think they even paid an exit fee but never played a game. [/QUOTE]

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