(06-12-2013 11:26 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-12-2013 11:22 AM)PaulDel2 Wrote:  

(06-11-2013 04:34 PM)UNLVFan90 Wrote:  If the Power 5 do breakaway from the other conferences the Mountain West and AAC need to come with them. We should not be stuck in the same breath as the Conference USA, MAC, and Sun Belt. We have much more in common with the P5 conferences than the 3 conferences listed above. Discuss.

What a short memory. The whole realignment/mini playoff began because the SEC and others were angry over the fact that the Big East, whom they did not consider an equal, had a seat at the big boy table. What makes you think that they have changed their mind just because 3 of the former BE teams and the former CUSA (the AAC), along with some semi successful (Boise excluded) former WAC schools say that they belong. Living in SEC country, I can tell you that none of their fans consider there to be any difference among the non-P5 conferences. I am sure that in B1G, Big XII, ACC and Pac12 country it is the same.

The networks think there is a difference. Last time I looked they pay the freight and they are making the decisions.

Yes they do, and they pay the P5 10 to 18 Million per team and the AAC 1.8 which is waaaaay closer to the 1 to 1.2 of the CUSA than it is to the P5 and is what many would say is insignificant.

By the way, the ratings drive the price from the networks and they know that those "fans' perceptions" make them tune in when the P5 are on and not so much when the G5 are on.