They left with the name because we sold it to them. That sale was seed money to build the AAC. Turned out to be a bad investment for us but a major part of that was bad outcomes with our choices.
This school isn't exactly known for shrewd negotiations in case you haven't been keeping up on current history
They made a conscious choice to concentrate on football and go to the AAC. They could of stayed if they were willing to go independent in Football then. I know that is a chance they were willing to make to go P5. It just sucks we wasted 6 years on this pipe dream.
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You don't think they offered for us to stay if we left our football team independent?
My hope based on head trauma. I think the most likely future is less kids playing but enough to feed the college ranks. The number of schools participating will be significantly reduced. The payoff to them could be huge if the NFL continues to use universities as a developmental league.
If I recall correctly the Catholics wanted clean break from all-sports and there was no offer like that
Well I didn't say there wasn't anything official. I guess we were so committed at the time to football that it really never was an option. Either way we are back home so I'm glad.
You have to be a young guy to be looking ahead 20 years.
I think you're right about less kids playing, and it will be very regional with football being even more of a southern sport than it is already. New England football will be pretty limited.
Based on the timeline of a potential P5 expansion, it'd cost $15m to leave. That's not an outrageous number considering what we'd be making. I think this deal was pretty well negotiated on both sides.
God, I hope I’m dead before football becomes an after thought in this country, especially in exchange for soccer!?!?. It’s already so soft nowadays I hardly recognize it from the sport I grew up loving. Legit one of my biggest fears for the future.
Stepping stone to what? A P-5 invite? We waited for one, it didn't happen then the football program went further into the toilet.
Yes, a place at the P-5 table. We're better than the Big East. We're UConn.
And if we’re correct football will no longer drive the college sports bus. There won’t be enough teams to provide content. But before that happens there will be a contraction to six conferences with a similar number of schools per conference as currently exists.
You should have stopped before "in basketball". We're a better university academically. We're a better university athletically. We have more accomplishments and more potential than any other school in the Big East, and this is across-the-board.
Comic relief appreciated!
Not likely to be an afterthought for some time. More a not my kid is going to play which will greatly reduce the pool of players. The majority of parents who refuse to allow their own will have no problem watching someone else’s kid get his body destroyed. There will be enough desperate families who want the golden goose as well as regions of the country that consider it badge of manhood to ignore the consequences football has on the body to continue football for quite some time. It just might not be the number one sport.
