He was the founding commissioner of C-usa that put a bunch of rag tag schools together in C-usa with most of us now in the AAC

Was a friend of the leagues, the AAC and SEC had a bunch of agreements for non-revenue sports

RiP

Also the founding commissioner of the Great Midwest Conference which morphed into CUSA v1.0

what are the odds aresco ends up winning in realignment?

(05-16-2018 07:51 PM)Lush Wrote:  what are the odds aresco ends up winning in realignment?

??

(05-17-2018 05:34 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 07:51 PM)Lush Wrote:  what are the odds aresco ends up winning in realignment?

??

just wondering if aresco would be a candidate for a p5 gig

(05-18-2018 12:04 PM)Lush Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 05:34 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 07:51 PM)Lush Wrote:  what are the odds aresco ends up winning in realignment?

??

just wondering if aresco would be a candidate for a p5 gig

Too old.

Slive also turned his back on CUSA when he moved on to the SEC, and is a major reason we are in the G5 ghetto in his push for so called p5 autonomy. I'm sorry for his family, but not a hero to me.

(05-18-2018 04:06 PM)FormerShasta Wrote:  Slive also turned his back on CUSA when he moved on to the SEC, and is a major reason we are in the G5 ghetto in his push for so called p5 autonomy. I'm sorry for his family, but not a hero to me.

the aac has numerous scheduling agreements with the sec, for things reffing, for womens bball scheduling agreements, for non-revenue sports...

aresco has said he p5 commish that was open with him was slive...
aresco has always spoke that he was working on a mens ball scheduling agreement with a p5,but that we had to build up the leagues reputation first

i cant say for a fact it was the sec, but i can almost guarantee it was.since we set one up in womens basketball.....
silve didnt give us handouts...at the end f the day he has to work or the interest of the sec, and doing an agreement with us a few years ago would have been a perception hit to them

but he gave us alot more help than any of the other p5 commissioners

Worth remembering who started C-USA:

Football - first season 1996
Cincinnati
Houston
Louisville
Memphis
Southern Miss
Tulane

basketball - first season 1995-’96
Charlotte
Cincinnati
DePaul
Louisville
Marquette
Memphis
Saint Louis
South Florida
Southern Miss
Tulane
UAB

Houston joined for MBB (and all-sports) in 1996. Played the last year in the old SWC.