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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 2095627, member: 5598"] The way a conference is "counted" is the way a conference is paid. The new Big East is probably an overall better basketball conference than the SEC. But one cannot call the new Big East a "power basketball conference" when they make $4 million and the SEC makes over $50 million. If the BE is a "power conference" then they'd be paid like the P5. The AAC in football is a very strong conference. It may not be as overall strong as the P5 but it will routinely have its top teams play competitive football against good P5 programs. The problem with the AAC is not the level of football competition....it is the level of pay. If the AAC was paid by its level of competition then the AAC would be making around $20 million while ACC teams make $30 million. Clearly that is not happening... The P5 is all about money. It was never about competition. You cannot carve out a "power" exception for the new Big East if the money isn't there to back that exception. [/QUOTE]