Kit-Cat, if you are ever bored, waged a Danial Says Rebellion on the hoops forum of UMassHoops.com title, the 'Benefits of the A10'. Cat 'n mouse and then let down the boom that with the casual and UMass fanatic fans, football is more popular comparing terrible attendance with both. Some days go a bit to far and SOB.

Quote:Agree with you until 2023-2026. If the musical chairs stop and we don't have an invite to the AAC and the MAC is available we have to take it.

Current attendance in both sports Football and Basketball shown the UMass die-hart and casual fan cares more about football. We were in the NCAA in 2014 so basketball has been bad for 4 years or less and attendance was 47,737 and average 2652 or 27.9% capacity. Football has been bad for 10 years and we had 62,312 attendance and average 10,385 or 61.1 percent of capacity.

Feel financial it not a major difference between the A10 and the MAC when all is consider. The MAC this year is better than the A10 for the most part in all sports, even men's basketball this year. They do not have some sports as women's lacrosse and have volleyball.

Most years the A10 is ahead of the MAC but not much and what is the impact to basketball?
Let's say on average 1,500 fans of course in bad years it's less and good years perhaps more.
Perhaps recruiting is a little bit harder and have to sell the university, facilities and coaching staff more.

What's the impact on football?
Don't see a significant change in attendance based on the conference.
Recruiting will be easier as we no longer have to sell the university, facilities and coach staff as hard.
Plus we now have a conference champions possibilities to sell along with a bowl game.

Never going to convince you but make you aware. Hope that we can get to the AAC like many hope. Talking about plan B by 2023-2026 and say for most conference above the A10 for BB, football matters more. Know you absolutely hate that, but silence gets you no where and you guys can fill it up, except guess when it comes to the Mullins when the team is not performing.

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