CUSA Regionalization concept would realign teams in AAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt

[Tech52]

Idk why you worry about what they brand themselves in athletics. That seems like something that shouldve been ULM’s concern. We are Louisiana Tech, after all, not ULR. Its time to leave this argument between ULM or ULL. Fighting over a brand we are not even trying to obtain is silly. You do not need to defend your use of Louisiana or ULL.

At the same time, Cajuns need to stop trying to correct every mention of ULL to Louisiana. The school is still ULL, the athletic brand is Louisiana. The same way UALR goes by Little Rock. Every time you whine about it, it just makes others more aggressively push back. Its on ever frickin’ board.

[johnnylightnin]

Exactly. I identify as the Duke of Ratchet City. That’s my personal truth.

ULL identifies as Louisiana…like Bruce Jenner identifies as a woman.

[CajunDave1]

Idk why you worry about what they brand themselves in athletics. That seems like something that shouldve been ULM’s concern. We are Louisiana Tech, after all, not ULR. Its time to leave this argument between ULM or ULL. Fighting over a brand we are not even trying to obtain is silly. You do not need to defend your use of Louisiana or ULL.

At the same time, Cajuns need to stop trying to correct every mention of ULL to Louisiana. The school is still ULL, the athletic brand is Louisiana. The same way UALR goes by Little Rock. Every time you whine about it, it just makes others more aggressively push back. Its on ever frickin’ board.

Thank you. And just for those that don’t know, Louisiana and ULM have already worked it out.

[techman05]

Serious question…..Will any of this matter in 4-5 years? Will all the have nots finally be relegated to playing only pre-New Years bowl games because the big conferences force those in power to set it up that way? Will Tech, ULL, and App State go back to getting stomped in money games because a kid who would be on scholarship for our school makes more money as a walk on at Alabama? Or will the Sunbelt bubble pop and cause them to slip back below CUSA or the MAC? Will any of this matter at all?

[CajunDave1]

Serious question…..Will any of this matter in 4-5 years? Will all the have nots finally be relegated to playing only pre-New Years bowl games because the big conferences force those in power to set it up that way? Will Tech, ULL, and App State go back to getting stomped in money games because a kid who would be on scholarship for our school makes more money as a walk on at Alabama? Or will the Sunbelt bubble pop and cause them to slip back below CUSA or the MAC? Will any of this matter at all?

I don’t think anyone can predict the future with any certainty! We all just have to live in the moment and do the best we can. As a Cajun fan, I’m just happy to be riding the wave we are on right now.

[DallasDog]

Short answer- if you care about all sports, especially basketball and baseball, yes.

If it’s just about football, I think at some point the Big X, ACC, SEC, and PAC 12 will be a division to themselves. The “G5” will be similar to 1AA/FCS with bigger budgets, and the trickle down will be similar.

[techman05]

That’s what I want to get a feel for. For a few years my interest in football has gone down, but interest in MBB, baseball, and softball has increased. If the strategy is different when fighting for sports other than football, I think we might be better served to do what is best for those sports.

[SicemDawgz]

That’s what I want to get a feel for. For a few years my interest in football has gone down, but interest in MBB, baseball, and softball has increased. If the strategy is different when fighting for sports other than football, I think we might be better served to do what is best for those sports.

Agreed. Football is a losing proposition as a G5. The haves are not interested in splitting the pot with the have nots. Basketball is a little better than football if you’re a G5. From a money standpoint, baseball doesn’t turn a profit.

[DallasDog]

The biggest ROI is men’s basketball for everyone other than a handful of schools. Baseball is a break even at best sport depending on the overall size of the athletic budget, especially schools our size.

I suppose it’s possible to turn a small profit in baseball, if your admin knows how to run a business.

[techman05]

As of right now, it seems football is losing money too. If not currently, they are losing future money for sure. Coaches salaries are going up while ticket sales and attendance have been falling since 2016 or 2017 with no chance of rebounding under current conditions and “leadership”. We can’t solve the problems though. All we can do is continue to point out what has been obvious to us for 30 years and hope someone on campus will see it before our football stadium entertains parents of players only.

[Bone_afide_Dawg]

I wrote this somewhere else then thought it was a more appropriate fit here...

Y’all shouldn’t worry because I have it from a fairly reliable source that somewhere on campus the Tech powers at be are crowded in an undisclosed dark closet handing a Magic 8 Ball back and forth asking it what to do and what’s going to happen in Tech’s future.

The truth is that this is probably about as successful an approach to Tech getting things right as anything else they’ve tried.

Good luck goofballs.

[Gladzilla]

You can actually have this discussion if $$$$ can be brought to the table. Last I checked attendance was declining. It's really not hard to fix the problems, but no one in power wants to.

[Champ967]

Not talking trash, just stating a fact.

actually, that was an opinion.

An opinion can be well founded, and even widely shared, but that still doesn't make it a fact.

[dawg80]

Just read thru the many "realignment" threads on the CUSA board, all the concerns, gripes, some elation! and found I don't give a chit. I have been losing interest in sports for decades...started with the NBA and MLB, which neither I watch anymore (I did watch a good portion of the Cubs-Indians WS some years back because they were making history...). I have very, very little interest in the NFL. Haven't watched any games, just catch bits and pieces of games as I am channel surfing. And now...it's down to CFB and US Soccer. The last holdouts.

I figure Tech will end up somewhere, in some kind of conference, for better or worse, and we'll still have Skippy as HC, so it won't matter. On the positive side, for those of you still holding on to Tech Football, we've seen this act before. Tech has been abandoned several times by conference mates jumping ship and we always managed to survive and end up okay. No reason to think that won't happen again. Our biggest problems are Skippy and stupid ADs who have wrecked the gameday experience. Those problems would exist if we joined the SEC! It's internal issues that are the problems, not what conference logo is put on the field (court) and on the uniforms.

[veerbone]

On the positive side, for those of you still holding on to Tech Football, we've seen this act before. Tech has been abandoned several times by conference mates jumping ship and we always managed to survive and end up okay. No reason to think that won't happen again.

I tend to agree with this. Whether it's CUSA, Sun Belt, or what's behind Door #3, I feel like Tech will be ok. We bring a lot to the table.

However, if we somehow end up independent again, we could get in a free fall pretty quickly.