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Message: [QUOTE="crewbear742, post: 2265228, member: 7435"] Yes, I have heard of commercials. If you are a Super 8, you probably shouldn't advertise yourself as more like the Hilton just to try to put distance between yourself and Motel 6. You will end up emphasizing just how far short of the Hilton you fall. Why? Because the distance between the Hilton and a Super 8 is much larger than the distance between a Super 8 and a Motel 6. But it doesn't matter if the AAC differentiates itself from the MW. That's not relevant. This P6 designation is not intended to increase such a distance. It is intended to decrease the perception of distance between the AAC and the P5. All it can do is remind the observer that the AAC isn't a Power Conference. It communicates exactly the opposite of what it intends to communicate. The B1G says that it considers UConn a P5 opponent. That designation was conferred. UConn could not have self-declared itself a P5 opponent in the B1G's eyes. What else is that but an explicit claim by the B1G to define the boundaries of the Power Conferences? The other Power conferences are doing exactly the same thing. Who is in the P5? Exactly who the P5 says in is the P5. It is a self-defined cartel that defines and defends its own borders. There is no path for the AAC to play itself into that cartel. That means the AAC isn't getting in unless the P5 says they are in. And why would the P5 ever do that? [/QUOTE]