Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Grateful Dad]

2 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

It's the paac.. partial ass American conference 

So, the commissioner is the PAACman?

[Gismo]

Unfortunately Brett McMurphy is the only reliable source in this mess. 

[belgianbull]

7 minutes ago, Gismo said:

Unfortunately Brett McMurphy is the only reliable source in this mess. 

Unfortunately nothing substantial by people in the know or those tied to major sport sites.

I think at this point I could just pull out a tweet out of my a$$ regarding some team to some conference and ten minutes later it would be all over the internet viewed my millions as something that's probably happening.

Edited August 20, 2023 by belgianbull

[Rocky Style]

1 hour ago, rollinbull said:

Just saw this on YouTube ,  (Don't know if legit, Rumor?  but if so realignment will get really interesting

*WOW* Apple considers buying ESPN from Disney for $60 Billion??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaJApXlQ9uc

Yes Disney is rumored to be fire saleing all of their failing businesses.

[Outlaw]

58 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

So, the commissioner is the PAACman?

It could be the luck pacman... I don't think the college football playoffs would give the new pac power  status and preference for playoff spots though. We would probaly be the same spot as any g5 conference.

[WoolyBully]

Additional thinking on the AAC down the road...

Still, the American's additions are about more than the immediate need to preserve the ESPN contract. They are part of a long-term, strategic plan based on demographics. From 2000-2022, Texas gained more than 9 million residents, the most of any state and a 43% increase for what was already the nation's second-most populous. Number two in that same time frame was Florida. Last year, Charlotte had the fifth-highest numerical growth of any U.S. city. The best players come from where the people are, and the people are increasingly moving into what is now the American's footprint. The schools entering the league are making new investments in athletics at a time when they will be well-positioned to capitalize on them. If the American can't get their next set of big brands through expansion, they will have to grow them. When the next television contract is up for bid in 2031-32, the league will hopefully have developed a new set of marquee programs that networks will want.

 

When the Power 5 was seen as the dividing line, the American's strategy was to position themselves as college football's middle class; maybe not as powerful as the wealthiest conferences, but good enough that any breakaway wouldn't feel legitimate without them. Today, the Big 12 and ACC are playing that middle-class role as they try not to be left behind by the Big Ten and SEC. Both the ACC and Big 12 also lean heavily on basketball, but that won't help if college football becomes its own entity independent of the traditional conference framework. The American has little choice but to become as good as it can get in the hopes that it will be enough.

https://navy.rivals.com/news/what-s-next-for-navy-and-the-american-athletic-conference-?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMcLZZ0KTU7692L9ZIIno9ylA148RtuAK5zSMejVLgQ8ASZfztvXWDVvhz9i_ek_B9_DVI8mbFSmUzlxaMX_csgOzfyo9Ij5153t6edTphjq4L5y5djbQ6km19yGkDStsFTLDaX2UsPronoCGhYh_Np5a7-dzznwyl12IIG7kKjK

[hm101]

40 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

The American has little choice but to become as good as it can get in the hopes that it will be enough.

[Triple B]

5 hours ago, hm101 said:

So many of these talking heads look at ONE YEAR of athletic department and football performance. 

If you're going to make a critical realignment decision based on ONE YEAR of football performance you deserve to fail. 

The talking heads won't be the ones making the critical realignment decisions .....

[Rocky Style]

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

The talking heads won't be the ones making the critical realignment decisions .....

[Peatearpan]

14 hours ago, WoolyBully said:

Additional thinking on the AAC down the road...

Still, the American's additions are about more than the immediate need to preserve the ESPN contract. They are part of a long-term, strategic plan based on demographics. From 2000-2022, Texas gained more than 9 million residents, the most of any state and a 43% increase for what was already the nation's second-most populous. Number two in that same time frame was Florida. Last year, Charlotte had the fifth-highest numerical growth of any U.S. city. The best players come from where the people are, and the people are increasingly moving into what is now the American's footprint. The schools entering the league are making new investments in athletics at a time when they will be well-positioned to capitalize on them. If the American can't get their next set of big brands through expansion, they will have to grow them. When the next television contract is up for bid in 2031-32, the league will hopefully have developed a new set of marquee programs that networks will want.

 

When the Power 5 was seen as the dividing line, the American's strategy was to position themselves as college football's middle class; maybe not as powerful as the wealthiest conferences, but good enough that any breakaway wouldn't feel legitimate without them. Today, the Big 12 and ACC are playing that middle-class role as they try not to be left behind by the Big Ten and SEC. Both the ACC and Big 12 also lean heavily on basketball, but that won't help if college football becomes its own entity independent of the traditional conference framework. The American has little choice but to become as good as it can get in the hopes that it will be enough.

https://navy.rivals.com/news/what-s-next-for-navy-and-the-american-athletic-conference-?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMcLZZ0KTU7692L9ZIIno9ylA148RtuAK5zSMejVLgQ8ASZfztvXWDVvhz9i_ek_B9_DVI8mbFSmUzlxaMX_csgOzfyo9Ij5153t6edTphjq4L5y5djbQ6km19yGkDStsFTLDaX2UsPronoCGhYh_Np5a7-dzznwyl12IIG7kKjK

Well, how many of those people in those areas watching the teams in the American? What’s that? Literally hundreds?