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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4766138, member: 2500"] I'm wondering if any talks have occurred between AD David Benedict and the Sun Belt regarding football-only membership. The AAC didn't want us for football only, and it's basically a blessing we didn't stay as payouts have gone down and the ESPN contract might be renegotiated downwards as well. The SunBelt was once viewed as a true nothing conference, but they've basically taken out CUSA, which was historically viewed as the stronger conference, and now the SunBelt could take aim on the AAC if it wanted. It's interesting that none of the Mountain West teams the AAC targets changed conferences for the larger payout. They stayed home. I'll be interested in seeing how viewership of broadcast AAC games perform compared to those of the Sun Belt. I'm thinking the Sun Belt could be the most interesting of the G5 conferences over the next few years. [/QUOTE]