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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 977110, member: 4613"] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]"American Athletic Conference can be a power conference one day, commissioner says"[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]Not sure if this was posted already.... [url]http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/knights/os-american-spring-meetings-0528-20140527,0,6676408.story[/url] "We embrace the notion of a level playing field," Aresco said. "We've seen some statements that suggest a level playing field concept should be abandon. We want to take care of the 21st century student-athlete, but do you really want to go back to the mid 20th century when it was more of a wild west atmosphere in college sports? We spend decades and decades trying to create fairness and competitive balance. "We shouldn't be professionalizing what we do, we should be doing things for student-athletes. We can do more. We have greater resources — and even our conference has greater resources than people think — and we know the equity guys have more and there's nothing wrong with that. But you don't want it to became disengaged from the student body of the university. You want to do it within reason." [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]