(02-27-2018 12:27 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-27-2018 11:16 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It doesn't matter where AAC headquarters are, as the conference has no geographic center of gravity.

The AAC's identity is "the best football schools east of continental divide that aren't in the P5". That's basically no identity at all, so as long as the HQ is east of the Rockies, it's fine.

Dallas makes more sense that Providence (which is not a major hub nor the home of any AAC school). AAC member SMU is located in Dallas and it is a major travel hub. There also might be some synergies to being in the same city as the HQ's of the Big12 and CUSA. Its also worth mentioning that 3 G5 bowls (2 with P5 opponents) are located in the Dallas Metroplex--and the area is host to many major college events due to Jerry World.

Overall, its not a bad place to put the HQ of an aspirational conference.

IMO, Dallas is about as far-flung as Providence. Providence is obviously way out of the way, and exists only as the vestige of the old Big East.

But Dallas, too, is WAY to the west of the conference's footprint. As someone else pointed out, the actual geo-center is between Birmingham and Atlanta. The problem with that is there isn't an actual AAC team within hundreds of miles, and putting an HQ in the heart of SEC territory is suicide in terms of getting any publicity.

Orlando, too, is way out of the way, far to the south of most of the conference.

Probably the best we can do in terms of a combination of geography and a media hub would be someplace like Memphis.