Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[huskymedic]

 

[Dooooooomed]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Dooooooomed]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Vowelguy]

Not sure what and CSU are doing. They shoulda been trying to peel off SMU to kill the AAC and establish MW as clear top G5/4.

Called it

 

[Vowelguy]

Frees up the AAC to add the big prizes out there — Wyoming and Rice.

 

[storrsroars]

In a pique of passive-aggressiveness, Aresco will offer UMass.

 

[shizzle787]

Frees up the AAC to add the big prizes out there — Wyoming and Rice.

Without AFA or a second Texas school, Navy will bolt.

 

[shizzle787]

This ironically might open the door for us football-only even though I think we should remain independent.

 

[CL82]

This ironically might open the door for us football-only even though I think we should remain independent.

Tough for Aresco to do a 180 on that and it's not like we are all that attractive right now anyway. In the end, ESPN went too low on their bargain pick up of the AAC's content. That contributes significantly to the AAC's lack of desirability.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Slasher]

UAB, UTSA, one of the Florida schools and maybe App State?

 

[huskymedic]

-> In the end, Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson’s belief that the MWC schools would be better off staying put won out.

The value of AAC’s television deal is expected to decrease with its three pending departures, and it was unlikely any Mountain West additions could make up for it enough. AAC schools currently make around $6 million annually from the media rights, while Mountain West schools earn around $4 million (Boise State has a special carve-out that totals almost $6 million).

Thompson maintained that the money difference would be a wash, and the increase in travel costs was always a tough sell, going from Colorado or the Pacific Time Zone out to Philadelphia or North Carolina. The AAC believed that it could establish itself as the top and standalone G5 league with these additions, and the future of the G5 is a point of debate, especially as the NCAA undergoes a constitutional convention. <-

What's next for the AAC​

Vannini: With its western hopes dashed, the American will now look within its footprint. Commissioner Mike Aresco has said the league is looking for two to four new members. Those options could include UAB, Charlotte, Georgia State, UTSA, James Madison, Rice, North Texas, FAU, Appalachian State, Louisiana and Marshall.

Among that group, there’s a difference in budgets, growth potential and academics. Aresco has typically targeted schools that will increase the value of the media rights deal, but there may not be any clear choices for that at this point. <-

 

[ScottVib]

If I'm the MWC right now.. I turn to getting the Texas wing I wanted. Invite SMU & Rice. SMU seeing the potential instability with Memphis potentially heading out the door may well accept because at this point the money is at best going to be even for the AAC and likely will be below the MWC.

 

[Vowelguy]

If I'm the MWC right now.. I turn to getting the Texas wing I wanted. Invite SMU & Rice. SMU seeing the potential instability with Memphis potentially heading out the door may well accept because at this point the money is at best going to be even for the AAC and likely will be below the MWC.

Been saying from the start that the MW should be going after SMU. Helps FB & BB and further weakens the AAC.

If you want another TX school, go with UTSA.

 

[shizzle787]

If I'm the MWC right now.. I turn to getting the Texas wing I wanted. Invite SMU & Rice. SMU seeing the potential instability with Memphis potentially heading out the door may well accept because at this point the money is at best going to be even for the AAC and likely will be below the MWC.

The problem with that is that SMU has a $10 million exit fee. Unless, the MW is willing to pay it for them, I don't see them moving to a western league with less TV exposure and likely a similar TV deal.

 

[shizzle787]

Been saying from the start that the MW should be going after SMU. Helps FB & BB and further weakens the AAC.

If you want another TX school, go with UTSA.

I don't get the love for UTSA. They have no brand nationally.

In terms of non-P5 schools in Texas, the brands go as follows:
7. SMU
8. Rice
9. UTEP
10. North Texas
11. UTSA
12. Texas State

 

[Briuconn]

The problem with that is that SMU has a $10 million exit fee. Unless, the MW is willing to pay it for them, I don't see them moving to a western league with less TV exposure and likely a similar TV deal.

Doesn't the exit fee disappear if enough schools leave the conference??

 

[shizzle787]

Doesn't the exit fee disappear if enough schools leave the conference??

I think only if the league dissolves.

 

[Slasher]

Yeah I don't see SMU leaving the AAC. They are now one of the premier teams. They are going to get most of the TV slots in both main sports. It's Memphis, SMU and then ??

 

[PaulMec]

It makes sense for the Mountain West to be a west coast conference and the American to be an East Coast one. The Big 12 is the only one that crosses the entire nation and that will change someday.

 

[Vowelguy]

I don't get the love for UTSA. They have no brand nationally.

In terms of non-P5 schools in Texas, the brands go as follows:
7. SMU
8. Rice
9. UTEP
10. North Texas
11. UTSA
12. Texas State

UTSA has been D1 for 10 years. They at least have potential to grow.

 

[shizzle787]

UTSA has been D1 for 10 years. They at least have potential to grow.

The AAC doesn't have years to wait for potential: they have weeks to make a decision.

 

[Vowelguy]

Yeah I don't see SMU leaving the AAC. They are now one of the premier teams. They are going to get most of the TV slots in both main sports. It's Memphis, SMU and then ??

The issue is whether you want to be on a sinking ship. If you're comfortable that you'll always find a landing spot then maybe it's ok. Otw, you might want to take a lifeboat when it's offered.

 

[Vowelguy]

The AAC doesn't have years to wait for potential: they have weeks to make a decision.

Yeah it'd be better to take a known quantity that stinks and will always stink like Rice.