Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

[JTApps1]

Virtually no one thought bringing in App. St. and Georgia Southern was the end of the SBC. As I recall, they thought it was helping to save or enhance the SBC. Not sure where this fictional history is coming from.

There were a good number of fans at mainly Louisiana and Arkansas State that were very vocal in their opposition to App and GS. They wanted to follow the CUSA Market model. None of them like to talk about those comments anymore.

[BambooRdApp]

Virtually no one thought bringing in App. St. and Georgia Southern was the end of the SBC. As I recall, they thought it was helping to save or enhance the SBC. Not sure where this fictional history is coming from.

There were a good number of fans at mainly Louisiana and Arkansas State that were very vocal in their opposition to App and GS. They wanted to follow the CUSA Market model. None of them like to talk about those comments anymore.

That's different than a conference folding because ius and Stink joined the conference.
There are typically always schools and fan bases that may not want a particular team to join a particular conference. Happens every conference realignment.

[Saint3333]

Great breakdown of SBC budgets:

The ticket revenue disparity is much larger than I anticipated.

[hapapp]

The basketball budget comparison is telling.

[Saint3333]

I've known you for 25 years on here and you always find a negative, that is literally the only metric we lag in on those slides. Consistency!

[AppGrad78]

A lot to reasons in these breakdowns to appreciate the work Doug Gillin and his staff have done.

[hapapp]

I've known you for 25 years on here and you always find a negative, that is literally the only metric we lag in on those slides. Consistency!

Sorry, but that just struck me considering how well we fared otherwise.

[Bigdaddyg1]

Very telling numbers. I tried to keep up but what is generally our bottom line as far as “available funds” that could go for player salaries? Always heard generally nothing really left over.

Also as far as conferences go it’s really a no brainer. App, JMU, Coastal and probably Marshall should be aligned with ECU, Memphis, ODU, Charlotte, Ga Southern and one other more regional school. Way too many P’s and G’s and the G’s are watered down.

[Stonewall]

We aren’t married to Southern or G State.

[Yosef10]

Great breakdown of SBC budgets:

The ticket revenue disparity is much larger than I anticipated.

Wow, I can’t believe that the talk of App being the little sisters of the poor in the SBC isn’t backed up by actual data! Its almost like those folks pedaling the propaganda were getting it from sources who would most benefit from that line of thinking - weird!

[JTApps1]

We aren’t married to Southern or G State.

Nor should we be. Ga. State is pretty bad at most sports with zero fan support, and Southern is nothing but classless rednecks.

[Stonewall]

Well , JT , how do you really feel? We really are much more tied to the remainder of the East. When the inevitable split happens, I see them choosing to head West.

[appfanjj]

The basketball budget comparison is telling.

As I have stated many times over on this board I would love to see our basketball program become better. I think it would be a substantial asset if we ever have the opportunity to align ourselves with a more desirable conference.
Sure, football drives the bus but a stronger basketball program couldn't hurt.
Question is how do we get it there? The budget is fairly small.

[JTApps1]

Well , JT , how do you really feel? We really are much more tied to the remainder of the East. When the inevitable split happens, I see them choosing to head West.

I thought I was being nice! lol

[AppWyo]

Very telling numbers. I tried to keep up but what is generally our bottom line as far as “available funds” that could go for player salaries? Always heard generally nothing really left over.

Also as far as conferences go it’s really a no brainer. App, JMU, Coastal and probably Marshall should be aligned with ECU, Memphis, ODU, Charlotte, Ga Southern and one other more regional school. Way too many P’s and G’s and the G’s are watered down.

Memphis is not in the same footprint as those other schools; it is in the Central Time Zone and on the other side of Tennessee. 8:47 min away https://www.distance-cities.com/distanc ... memphis-tn
Boone to Huntington, WV 4:34 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us
Boone to Statesboro 5:44 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us
Boone to Conway 4:50 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us
Boone to Harrisonburg 4:24 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us
Boone to Norfolk 5:54 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us
Boone to Greenville 4:23 https://www.distance-cities.com/distanc ... enville-nc
Boone to Charlotte 1:52 https://www.distance-cities.com/distanc ... arlotte-nc
Boone to Atlanta 4:55 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us
Boone to Troy 8:01 https://www.distance-cities.com/search? ... country=us

As much as some would like to think Troy is in our footprint they are 46 minutes difference in driving compared to Memphis. Troy is in the Central time zone as well.

Boone to Athens, OH is only 5:17 https://www.distance-cities.com/distanc ... -athens-oh They are in the Eastern Time Zone as well.

[BallantyneApp]

Well , JT , how do you really feel? We really are much more tied to the remainder of the East. When the inevitable split happens, I see them choosing to head West.

If they do I don’t think it will be willingly.