Albany to tha CAA??

[Dane96]

Bank it- VCU and or Mason look to add football.

 

No doubt. VCU would be great in Richmond area and a hell of a rival.

 

Kennesaw likely goes to the SoCon as a travel partner for Georgia Southern.

[Clickclack]

What effect will this have on UA football? My head is spinning

[uofalbany]

A major shakeup may be inevitable.

 

It seems very clear though, it makes NO sense for UNH, Maine, and UMass to stay with the CAA, especially with Hofstra and Northeastern gone. And with Stony Brooks financial struggles, it doesn't make sense for them to stay in their conference, especially if there is an option for an America East football conference or Yankee conference.

 

It will be the perfect time with all of these incoming southern football programs to the caa.

[danefan]

A major shakeup may be inevitable.

 

It seems very clear though, it makes NO sense for UNH, Maine, and UMass to stay with the CAA, especially with Hofstra and Northeastern gone. And with Stony Brooks financial struggles, it doesn't make sense for them to stay in their conference, especially if there is an option for an America East football conference or Yankee conference.

 

It will be the perfect time with all of these incoming southern football programs to the caa.

 

 

UNH, Maine and UMass will have a hard time downgrading conferences though. A move to any conference from the CAA will be a competitive downgrade. That's a hurdle that can't be overlooked.

 

$$$$ is a huge factor, but it has to be enough of a $$$ differential to offset the competitive downgrade.

[danefan]

Official charlotte release:

 

http://www.charlotte49ers.com/genrel/121109aab.html

 

 

[danefan]

Now you have 7 A10 teams playing football in a different conference.

 

URI

Richmond

UMass

Fordham

Charlotte

Duquesne

Dayton

 

Why the A10 wouldn't sponsor football again is beyond me.

 

Even without Dayton and Duquesne (limited funding) the league makes so much sense.

 

 

And the America East has 4 teams playing football in a different conference.

 

Albany

Stony Brook

Maine

New Hampshire

 

Take out Duquense and Dayton and a joint A10/AEast football league would consist of:

 

Albany

Stony Brook

Maine

New Hampshire

URI

Richmond

UMass

Fordham

Charlotte

 

Pretty darn good league. The only outlier is Charlotte and they won't be FCS very long anyway (I don't think).

 

Could the AEast and A10 jointly sponsor this new league?

[Dane96]

Me thinks that could happen...and it would be tremendous league in big media markets. I even think you add 'Nova in. You would have Philly, NYC, LI (especially with the dearth of Hofstra...could totally build up that market), Richmond area, Albany media market is quite big...and Charlotte. The only issue I see there is travelling to Charlotte...but that is an easy as heck and cheap flight. It is a US AIR hub.

[danefan]

Wow - I totally missed this article from June that a UMass fan just posted on fcsfans.com

http://www.projo.com...re.1f2a619.html

 

URI President Cauthers:

 

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Remember the old Yankee Conference of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and later Boston University and others, that existed in all sports until 1978 and in football until 1997?

 

Robert L. Carothers, the retiring president of the University of Rhode Island, forecasts a 21st-century Yankee Conference as a way for administrators to grapple with the cost of sending teams to ever-distant locales, the result of expansion in the last decade.

 

 

"I'd like to bring back the old Yankee Conference plus a couple of SUNY schools," Carothers said during an interview in his office in May.

 

 

The guy is retired, but his successor's vision according to that article:

 

And Bjorn’s vision? That URI will strengthen its support of its 18 varsity sports for men and women, that most of those teams will be competitive in the Atlantic 10 Conference, and that travel costs for football will shrink.

 

[uofalbany]

A full blown Yankee conference, with members participating in all sports, would certainly distrupt the A10 and would shell the America East to only binghamton, hartford and umbc.

 

If we were talking all sports yankee conference members, who else would be included? Would Albany and Stony Brook be memebers, and let binghamton head off to the NEC? What happens to Hartford? Umbc?

 

If we stuck to the A10/AEast football only idea, I'd say it would be easier if the America East formed its football conference, and invited these non AE teams as associate football members:

 

Albany

Stony Brook

Maine

New Hampshire

 

URI

UMass

Fordham

CCSU

[Clickclack]

I would think there is ZERO chance of forming an all sports conference...I'm thinking football only.

[uofalbany]

Colonial Athletic Ass. Football Conference

 

New Hampshire

Maine

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Villanova

Richmond

William & Mary

James Madison

Delaware

Towson

Hofstra

Northeastern

 

Georgia State - Joining

Old Dominion - Joining

Wilmington - Joining

 

George Mason - Possible

VCU - Possible

 

Is this accurate? If so, there's going to be a huge imbalance.

[danefan]

Colonial Athletic Ass. Football Conference

 

New Hampshire

Maine

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Villanova

Richmond

William & Mary

James Madison

Delaware

Towson

Hofstra

Northeastern

 

Georgia State - Joining

Old Dominion - Joining

Wilmington - Joining

 

George Mason - Possible

VCU - Possible

 

Is this accurate? If so, there's going to be a huge imbalance.

 

 

Willmington isn't playing football.

 

Charlotte is. And they are an A10 all-sports team.

 

 

Who, BTW, is now on record saying they want to join the CAA.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college-football/story/1118278.html

 

So yes, a huge imbalance.

 

If the CAA adds another southern school, the league will implode very quickly.

[uofalbany]

The Ameica East conference is basicallly the old Yankee conference... giving and taking a few teams..

 

To make it simple, rename the America East - the Yankee Conference, vote in Football, and make a team swap between the new Yankee conference and the A10 conference:

 

Swap UMBC and Binghamton for UMass and URI.

[danefan]

The Ameica East conference is basicallly the old Yankee conference... giving and taking a few teams..

 

To make it simple, rename the America East - the Yankee Conference, vote in Football, and make a team swap between the new Yankee conference and the A10 conference:

 

Swap UMBC and Binghamton for UMass and URI.

 

 

Not a chance.

 

Remember basketball runs the show at UMass and URI. No way they'd downgrade from the A10 to the America East.

[Clickclack]

The Ameica East conference is basicallly the old Yankee conference... giving and taking a few teams..

 

To make it simple, rename the America East - the Yankee Conference, vote in Football, and make a team swap between the new Yankee conference and the A10 conference:

 

Swap UMBC and Binghamton for UMass and URI.

 

 

Not a chance.

 

Remember basketball runs the show at UMass and URI. No way they'd downgrade from the A10 to the America East.

 

My point exactly...why would UMass go to the AE in basketball.....that's like falling off the cliff!