Quote Originally Posted by tenacious_dog View Post
This thing with UConn and the AAC is no big deal. The AAC isn't likely to add anyone now.

But what's coming in about 3 years could be a really big deal when the P-5 media contracts start maturing. If ever there was a time we need all the athletic programs to get on a roll, now's the time starting with football.
Uconn leaving is a watershed moment for the CUSA, Sunbelt and MAC. It accentuates the chasm between the AAC-MWC and the other three. This will force a lot of AD to go back and rethink how they were pursuing relevance. A lot of donors and BOT members are gonna start banging the drum for a more financially feasible and geographically comfortable conference. If there is no value in being in CUSA why should any of the West teams stick around or vice versa? These are hard truths and vivid realities for a group of schools who have been swallowing a lot of crap thinking they were next up when someone moved.