(02-27-2018 02:46 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 10:22 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 08:58 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 03:49 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 03:12 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  I've had it with conferences that have non-football schools and would like to see the Sunbelt boot UTA & UALR. From 2000 until 2013 (when App left the SoCon) the non-football schools combined to win 9 champioships.

Sounds like the football schools need to up their game.



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No, the non-football schools need to step up to the plate and do away with the non part.

Why would we want to make our conference's basketball (generally) worse by getting rid of UALR and UTA?

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It's about leveling the playing field. With money getting tighter every year the non-football schools have a huge budge advantage over the rest of the conference.

Its true that they can focus on non-football sports more, but their budgets are also generally lower overall and they don't have football to boost fan attention/loyalty. So I'm not sure they really have that much of a competive advantage.

When LR played at Verizon our fans outnumbered them despite their population and non-football status. We have managed to be pretty competitive with them.

Non-football doesn't appear to give them advantages in things like indoor track either.

UTA is pretty good at basketball. I suspect they would still be pretty good at basketball if the started football.

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