Delusion settles in on Tweetsie Tech
Dec 9, 2019 11:26:38 GMT -5
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Post by wcugrad95 on Dec 9, 2019 11:26:38 GMT -5
This goes way off topic, but whenever the next round of realignment comes along I personally wish they would get back to regionalization for these G5 leagues. C-USA is spread from Florida (Miami-area with FIU and FAU) up to Virginia (ODU), and out to a bunch of Texas schools. The Sun Belt has some similar issues, the AAC is spread out, and on and on. The P5 leagues are as well, but there is so much money there nobody seems to care.
FCS has some very strange and spread out teams here and there, but for the most part our level has it much closer to right. I hear talking heads on sports shows that are suggesting a Group of 5 playoffs and honestly that would probably be better for college football - get those teams in more meaningful and higher paying games to at least provide exposure. That is what schools like App State, Memphis, UCF (the past couple of years), etc. should probably be pushing for more than being fixated on moving into a P5 league since who in their right mind would move out to give those schools a seat???
Is Memphis or App or <insert another 10-win G5 team> better than Rutgers or Vanderbilt or <insert another crappy P5 school>? I'd argue they probably are on the football field. But conferences look at the value a school brings to include market, facilities, other athletic programs, etc. And the majority of those factors keep schools out (along with Rutgers and Vanderbilt and the like never willingly giving up their $10s of millions every year from being a doormat in those leagues).
FCS has some very strange and spread out teams here and there, but for the most part our level has it much closer to right. I hear talking heads on sports shows that are suggesting a Group of 5 playoffs and honestly that would probably be better for college football - get those teams in more meaningful and higher paying games to at least provide exposure. That is what schools like App State, Memphis, UCF (the past couple of years), etc. should probably be pushing for more than being fixated on moving into a P5 league since who in their right mind would move out to give those schools a seat???
Is Memphis or App or <insert another 10-win G5 team> better than Rutgers or Vanderbilt or <insert another crappy P5 school>? I'd argue they probably are on the football field. But conferences look at the value a school brings to include market, facilities, other athletic programs, etc. And the majority of those factors keep schools out (along with Rutgers and Vanderbilt and the like never willingly giving up their $10s of millions every year from being a doormat in those leagues).
They think that winning in football is all that matters. They bring absolutely nothing to the table TV ratings wise. ECU was lucky to get in the AAC, the only other NC school that they would even consider is UNCC for the Charlotte market. Congrats to the goons, they have an excellent program, but I just don't see them getting any other conference bid short of CUSA.
