CUSA Decision on UAB

I agree with sportsdawg--- we all shared revenue from UAB NCAA tournament-- let them have 1 year to find a home and CUSA find a replacement-- college football is evolving 100 miles an hour and having them around 1 more year will not hurt us either way -- have new team ready for football 2016. Just not from Belch if possible .... like sportsdawg , i feel for the players and the students -- they were chanting big time at CUSA basketball tourney against the decision.... close to a non issue either way with me

I would only let them stay if they collect no revenue as a penalty. Even if they earned the revenue in the BB tourney

They stole the Tournament; I have zero loyalty to UAB and they were not friendly at the Tournament like UTEP Fans were last year! They were in the Heart of the South and
got every break starting with their ref's stealing the game from Western before Tech played them. Hope CUSA cuts them lose May 1!

By-laws state you get no revenue for the year if you are asked to leave. I'm not sure why that would even be a discussion point.
The long-term decision has already been made as well. C-USA just wants to appear cordial. Watts knew the by-laws and violated them. Nothing to discuss there either.

And yes, Banowsky is pushing the Presidents to allow UAB one year to find a new league. He doesn't believe the student athletes should be punished because of poor University leadership.

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Originally Posted by UABlazin

And yes, Banowsky is pushing the Presidents to allow UAB one year to find a new league. He doesn't believe the student athletes should be punished because of poor University leadership.

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By all indications they will be given that year...

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

By all indications they will be given that year...

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Hopefully a decision based on minor sports scheduling and convenience rather than feeling sorry for the UAB players and fans.

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Originally Posted by maddawg

Hopefully a decision based on minor sports scheduling and convenience rather than feeling sorry for the UAB players and fans.

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Yep....

Are they going to enforce the no revenue?

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Originally Posted by maddawg

Hopefully a decision based on minor sports scheduling and convenience rather than feeling sorry for the UAB players and fans.

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That is what I've heard, although it's impossible to know which is the actual motivator.

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Originally Posted by TechDAG

Are they going to enforce the no revenue?

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Yes it appears that way, 90% of conference revenue is derived from football contracts with tv providers

We often talk about the business of sports. Here's the Birmingham Business Journal's take on post CUSA options for UAB. These options are like divorcing your wife so you can date your sister. UGLY!

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingha...ould-take.html

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Originally Posted by OldDawg

We often talk about the business of sports. Here's the Birmingham Business Journal's take on post CUSA options for UAB. These options are like divorcing your wife so you can date your sister. UGLY!

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingha...ould-take.html

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I just hate when I see the words "being kicked out". UAB President decided to leave CUSA when they got rid of football. It was a choice to leave.

I hear you singing and I know the tune. They knowingly disqualified themselves and are now standing, hat in hand, hoping we are more gracious than they were during the tourney in Birmingham.

They continue to use the "kicked out" phrase so in my view it's essential for everyone else to continue correcting the dialogue. An inaccurate statement that goes unchallenged will, if repeated often enough, become de facto truth.

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Originally Posted by OldDawg

We often talk about the business of sports. Here's the Birmingham Business Journal's take on post CUSA options for UAB. These options are like divorcing your wife so you can date your sister. UGLY!

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingha...ould-take.html

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from the choices in the article, I'd go Sun Belt or Atlantic Sun. They have similar WBB/BSB RPIs, the big difference is in MBB, which SBC wins. The Atlantic Sun wins for Travel costs.

Conference RPI	MBB	WBB	Baseball	# Schools
Sun Belt	20	15	12	11	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t_Map_2014.png
Big South	23	30	10	11	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Locations.png
Southern	24	19	18	10	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ce_Map.svg.png
Southland	28	27	17	13	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ce_Map.svg.png
Atlantic Sun	30	11	13	8	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...teams_2012.png

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Originally Posted by OldDawg

We often talk about the business of sports. Here's the Birmingham Business Journal's take on post CUSA options for UAB. These options are like divorcing your wife so you can date your sister. UGLY!

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingha...ould-take.html

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I've posted this before on the BBB's conference talk forum, but I'll say it again. Of all those conferences, the Atlantic Sun is the only one that I think would invite UAB. I don't see the Belch, SoCon, Big South, or Southland voting to take in UAB. If the UAB folks think that those lesser conferences will invite UAB just because they are UAB, they are mistaken.