Brad Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,087 Reputation: 10,858 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted April 4, 2013 No need cryin' over spilled milk. Time to stampede! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 90 Content Count: 1,524 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/20/2008 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Could have been worse I guess. Hopefully we wont be in this for very long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quo Vadis Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 160 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/09/2012 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) WOW! Made it all the way to the 9th comment to start the B!TCHING. I don't see much b!tching, just some expressing their opinion that it isn't a good name. Edited April 4, 2013 by BatonRougeBull87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDYZR Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 486 Content Count: 12,475 Reputation: 2,855 Days Won: 25 Joined: 12/14/2005 Share Posted April 4, 2013 WOW! Made it all the way to the 9th comment to start the B!TCHING. I don't see much b!tching, just some expressing their opinion that it isn't a good name. and I'm expressing my opinion that the b!tching started with the 9th comment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdashley Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 53 Content Count: 818 Reputation: 330 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/23/2003 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I still say the naming right should have been sold. "The American Athletic Conference, presented by Ford" At least we would have been able to bring in some kind of extra income until this conference is poached clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bova Fett Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 69 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/30/2007 Share Posted April 4, 2013 This name is horrible... its basically CUSA 2.0 What I find funny is that the new conference was told by us the fans, and the sports media that the American 12 was a stupid name and that we need a better name. Aresco admitted as much in a press release. So these brilliant minds go back to the conference super secret underground war room and hammer out the American Athletic Conference... how in the hell is this any different from the American 12 Conference name? This has to be the worst conference name... AAC sounds like the name that Kathy makes in the comic strip when she gets angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisingFenix Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 433 Reputation: 64 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/13/2012 Share Posted April 4, 2013 To everyone against the name, what exactly is the big deal? Is our team going to perform worse because we're in a conference with a bland name? Is South East or Atlantic Coast really that much more exciting of a name? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrue Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 152 Content Count: 19,395 Reputation: 6,097 Days Won: 233 Joined: 01/13/2011 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Or Big 10, Big 12, etc. they're all stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick1ru2 Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 555 Content Count: 14,415 Reputation: 445 Days Won: 13 Joined: 07/25/2008 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Its better than the first reported name and anything with Metro in it. And I don't want any more realignment. Realignment is how USF got in this mess and I see plenty of potential for it to get worse with more realignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outrunner Posted April 4, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 714 Content Count: 7,796 Reputation: 160 Days Won: 6 Joined: 06/08/2006 Share Posted April 4, 2013 To everyone against the name, what exactly is the big deal? Is our team going to perform worse because we're in a conference with a bland name? Is South East or Atlantic Coast really that much more exciting of a name? Perception. We live in a media driven society, and sports more than anything else is tapped into that media. Just look at how ESPiN's fingerprints are on realignment. And in this media saturated culture, branding matters. It has nothing to do directly with on field performance; it has to do with popularity and converting that popularity into $$$ (which may indirectly affect the product on the field in the future). Look at the Rays. The re-branded themselves. Or the B1G. That's why I think its a big deal; I think its weak in terms of a brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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