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We need Chris for this...
The A10 is comprised of 14 schools....a 20 game round robin conference schedule requires only 11...and 18 game schedule only 10.
Apparently the conference leadership and the schools think the benefit of having 14 schools outweighs the benefit of10 or 11 schools really committed to Big East-type excellence. Why is that? Neil knows. Or, perhaps that isn't even the right question/issue.
If 10 or 11 current schools were will to really step up their investment, wouldn't those schools be better off than the current A10 with three or four really weak programs? Again, Neil knows the answer.
Dayton is the crown jewel of the A10 and is investing a ton of money in the conference. Losing UD would be a severe blow. Doesn't that give us some leverage? It appears as if schools that demonstrate their lack of commitment by failure to make even modest investments in facilities do so because they know there will be no consequences....they get away with it.
I see no fundamental reason why the A10 cannot rival the Big East. If the likes of Seton Hall and Providence can invest and compete at the Big East level, so can most of the A10 schools. But too many do not.
Doesn't it hurt UD and the other serious schools to be dragged down by the A10 bottom feeders? Chris has discussed many things with Neil. I would be very interested in Neil's take on this. Perhaps we just don't understand the dynamics or other things. Chris, please ask.
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