(02-11-2014 03:53 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  I don't read too much into it. I take it that Dienhart is merely speaking as a neutral observer that for the moment there doesn't appear to be an invitation to a P5 conference coming for these schools. I doubt he is speaking from word he received on high that UC and UConn are locked out indefinitely.

It's kind of an odd situation. If there was a breakaway I think almost certainly UConn would be included because of basketball. Similarly Cincinnati would be much harder to leave behind in that situation as would B.Y.U.. But if a new division is created within the NCAA and G5 and P5 schools still play basketball together it is much easier not to pay the schools we are discussing for their football, although UConn was on the way until their coach moved and Cincinnati has a very respectable history. It's ironic that the teams on the cusp of P5 status might only find inclusion in an exclusionary move. But in a true breakaway top basketball schools will get considerations and niche markets will be more important.