Realignment Carousel Spins Up again (USC and UCLA to Big 10)

[Veritas]

End of the day, regardless of what schools leave, the AAC is the best we can hope for. We can all dream about a P5 conference but it just isn’t happening. Even if more teams leave, it’s still better than the MVC.

Informal Fallacies

[Maizerunner08]

End of the day, regardless of what schools leave, the AAC is the best we can hope for. We can all dream about a P5 conference but it just isn’t happening. Even if more teams leave, it’s still better than the MVC.

[SubGod22]

Also, a partial share for Gonzaga in the XII would most likely more than make up for their travel budget and be significantly more than what they get now in the WCC.

[TrackSuitAndTie]

Two points I think are involved here.

1) If you mean Gonzaga to the B12 for only basketball, that can't happen. Schools can join conferences for football only, but basketball is lumped in with every other sport. Gonzaga would have an absolutely insane travel budget. They'd have to pay for all that travel while getting a partial revenue share.

2) SMU bought their way into the ACC. They essentially paid hundreds of millions of dollars to get into the ACC. Why on God's green earth would the ACC want to raid more AAC schools. Those additional schools would only dilute the revenue shares, and realignment isn't happening for the purpose of reducing revenue shares.

Gonzaga is being considered as a member for all Olympic sports.

ACC is likely only adding these AAC schools if they lose quite a few members. You are correct that adding schools like Memphis, USF, Tulane, etc. would likely dilute revenue sharing under the current model.

[pinstripers]

in the geographic footprint of the Big 12.

Does that matter anymore?

[Aargh]

Two points I think are involved here.

1) If you mean Gonzaga to the B12 for only basketball, that can't happen. Schools can join conferences for football only, but basketball is lumped in with every other sport. Gonzaga would have an absolutely insane travel budget. They'd have to pay for all that travel while getting a partial revenue share.

2) SMU bought their way into the ACC. They essentially paid hundreds of millions of dollars to get into the ACC. Why on God's green earth would the ACC want to raid more AAC schools. Those additional schools would only dilute the revenue shares, and realignment isn't happening for the purpose of reducing revenue shares.

[ShockerFever]

Zero chance KU and KSU will vote for WSU. It's a non starter.

You don’t have to have their votes.

[Stickboy46]

If Yormark is really that high on Gonzaga to the Big 12 as a basketball-only member, I really hope that someone, somewhere in WSU's administration is at least making a pitch to him about bringing in WSU along with the Zags. It would keep the number of schools in the Big 12 at an even number and give Gonzaga a basketball-only partner school in the conference. Plus, Wichita would fit perfectly in the geographic footprint of the Big 12.

Zero chance KU and KSU will vote for WSU. It's a non starter.

[WuShockFan]

If Yormark is really that high on Gonzaga to the Big 12 as a basketball-only member, I really hope that someone, somewhere in WSU's administration is at least making a pitch to him about bringing in WSU along with the Zags. It would keep the number of schools in the Big 12 at an even number and give Gonzaga a basketball-only partner school in the conference. Plus, Wichita would fit perfectly in the geographic footprint of the Big 12.

[TrackSuitAndTie]

I'd rather try to strengthen the AAC then go west. Bring them to us.

It's not going to happen if the AAC loses it's top schools to the ACC

[pogo]

We will add Appalachian State! Yay PoWeR sIx

Me thinks you have a problem with the aac catch phrase. If you use Daniel Bryan’s name his catch phrase was yes not yay

[Kel Varnsen]

I actually don't care much about the amateur/paid vs. not being paid aspect, but the biggest problem I have is the absolute disregard for tradition in favor of money.

I'm the biggest capitalist in the world, but the constant pursuit of a better bottom line within the context of college sports has caused a couple of issues (namely the loss of rivalries that invigorate fans and the detriment of flagship programs like Nebraska football - Texas and OU are next), none of which can be remedied at this point.

[Atxshoxfan]

As an old timer resistant to change I absolutely despise the way college sports has evolved

Ditto... college sports are no longer amateur sports and I never cared much for the pro sports, of which college sports is now teetering on.

[asiseeit]

As an old timer resistant to change I absolutely despise the way college sports has evolved

[Dan]

This is where I am at now. The Big East is never happening and the A10 Would be death for the rest of our sports programs. Let's grab Tulsa and Rice and go West.

I'd rather try to strengthen the AAC then go west. Bring them to us.