Originally Posted by UACFlyer
The incompatibility of big-time FB with BB-only schools is what killed the Big East. The hybrid old BE model proved to be not viable. Why would anyone want to get within a mile of that again?
A week ago I attended a large meeting re UConn FB hosted by the AD and featuring UConn's new/old FB coach, Randy Edsell. The investment in FBS FB is enormous.....can't be understood, really, starting from a Dayton-style BB centric point of view. Absolutely, positively, UD has got to stay away from any involvement with FBS FB schools. It can kill you! Their fundamental interests are entirely different from ours.
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I think the difference this time is that's there would be 1-3 basketball schools vs 7 & the basketball schools would be the ones joining understanding the arrangement. The C7 were unhappy with basketball dead weight being added with ECU, Tulane, etc. the dynamic then & now would be different. They were unhappy with the direction of the conference whereas if we joined it'd be because we wanted to be a part of it.
Their interests are different but that wouldn't preclude a mutually beneficial relationship.
We've got one one FBS school in
UMass & has
Temple & the A10 found a way to make those relationships work.
If UMass leaves for a football league, VCU joins this league or the BE expands again & we get left out the University needs to be proactive so the Flyers aren't stuck in a situation like Wichita
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