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Shrinking is a must watch.

That still goes to whatever schools are left, I assume. I don't see why disillusion would obviate those responsibilities that have already been established. If the AAC votes to be dissolved, that would release the remaining schools from having to give exit fees. Now, the threat to dissolve may be enough to give the remaining schools incentive to negotiate a small exit fee package and keeping the AAC branding, etc. I keep seeing 8.

I have read everywhere it only takes. I have not read the bylaws. But 8 would be a majority, so that makes sense.

The MW has a bigger out clause to pay to get out, I understand. That drops significantly in a year. You get 8 from the AAC now because you need 8 to dissolve the AAC. Then you add four more western schools and you have two divisions of 8, half on each side which makes scheduling much less of a problem.

The point is that the PAC would take 8. If four are on board to leave to the PAC, the AAC will be considerably weaker. You offer the next four a life raft in the PAC conference, and you instantly have 8 votes to dissolve the AAC so there are no exit fees. Big cities and AAU status. Stanford is calling the shots and that is important to them.

Absolutely looking like that, and for good reason. Check out how many $$$ the PAC will get from NCAAB tourney over the next few years. Also the name is still worth something. Stanford is in the best negotiating position of any of the schools. It could still go any which way, but disbanding the AAC makes a lot of sense.

Both are required to be the best you can be.

Miami is a private AAU school with much different economics than FSU. Other than the fact both are in Florida, they are vastly different schools with vastly different needs. I have a difficult time believing they would see eye to eye on much of anything.

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Clearly I was not as clever as I believed myself to be.

Mine was an attempt at sarcasm vs the previous staff.

Are we allowed to have commitments before Dec 1st? Based on the last few years, I thought this practice was banned.

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Another excuse for a bunch of people to vent about the same thing all over again. Can someone just attach one of the previous 4 dozen threads on the same subject so everyone does not have to repeat themselves?

Where is all of the above?

Adding an option equates to kicking other options to the curb? Really, Ricky?

I often pretended to sleep while our defense was on the field the last two years so I could keep my eyes closed.

Ditch cable, use Hulu or YoutubeTV. Done!

If I'm Mohl I hire a good bench coach and take over as pitching coach again.

The case for big-time college sports helping academics remains weak | College football | The Guardian The University of Houston is hoping an extra boost to its teams will increase the school’s standing. But athletics can lead to even more debt "But athletic prominence comes at a price. President since 2008, Khator has overseen an outlay of hundreds of millions of dollars into athletics: a bet that spending heavily on football and basketball, alongside improved academic offerings, adds value to the institution. A university spokesman declined to comment for this article. Revenues have risen but Houston’s athletics expenses soared from $39.5m in 2014 to $73.7m in 2019 – less than half the amount that the top 10 schools spend but still a hefty amount. A handful of athletics departments, such as Texas (which has newly renovated one end of its football stadium at a cost of $175m) are profitable. Many others, such as Houston, subsidise sports programmes through funds from the university’s wider budget, mandatory student fees of hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year, and donations."

Athletics brings in money for athletics. Not for the school as a whole. Its naive to think that it does. Is it fun? Sure. Does it help the on campus environment? Arguably. Does it benefit academics? The vast majority of the time it is a drain on academics.

Obviously it has not raised their academic profile. What "other ways" should a university focus on to get better? Have killer tailgates? Learn how to apply better facepaint?

Gee, Alabama must certainly be an AAU school, at least? Right?

Not a single dollar.