The NY6 bid brings in more money for the conference. Which gets divvied and means more money for USF. It also helps AAC perception. If we're going to be in a turd conference we might as well be in the shiniest one. The AAC got taken to the woodshed in the last round of tv negotiations and by all accounts is set for a hefty bump (even with the current tv landscape.)
Even if it isn't USF it still benefits us (albeiIt on a much smaller scale) for the AAC to keep the NY6 bid in house. It could be Tulsa, ECU, SMU, or Tulane and still have the same impact. Unfortunately it just happens to be the team to the east.