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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4592901, member: 5685"] I agree that they will take academics into account. Which as of now makes it harder for FSU to get an invite. I don't think the B1G would eliminate just on AAU membership. It is preferred but I think if a school has a good undergrad and not big into research, they should consider a school. SU, BC, Miami, Notre Dame fit that. Clemson is better than several B1G schools. I think VA Tech would be similar should UVA go to the SEC. If the B1G would take ND why in the heck would they turn down Miami or SU based on AAU? I do think AAU can help the chances of schools like Cal and Duke who don't offer much outside of that. Same for Rice, but that is a long long shot. Looking at B1G IMO they would take a look at... Oregon (AAU), Washington (AAU), Stanford (AAU), Cal (AAU), Arizona (AAU), Utah (AAU), Colorado (AAU), Kansas (AAU), Notre Dame (non AAU) SU (used to be AAU), BC (non AAU), Pitt (AAU but I think they would only get in to round things off), UVA (AAU), VA Tech (non AAU), UNC (AAU), Duke (AAU), Clemson (non AAU), GA Tech (AAU), FSU (non AAU), Miami (non AAU), Rice (AAU), Missouri (AAU), Vanderbilt (AAU), A&M (AAU), McGill (AAU), Toronto (AAU). Networks like fanbases in multiple regions. Just look at the MLS expansion. That league doesn't have enough talent to justify half as many teams as they have. Yet they are about to go to 30 teams, when you have the German league at 18 and other European leagues talking about contracting from 20. I think the networks would be all for those P12 teams, with maybe the exception of Cal. They all add new states, new markets, new fanbases, and are good athletically. They also add more content, and interregional content. Consolidating content can drive TV contracts up. The same can be said of the ACC teams. The B1G would need to bend more for FSU than the other schools, but if it is just one exception the conference won't go to hell. IMO they made a mistake with Oklahoma. The SEC schools are interesting. Are they happy in the SEC? Would the SEC adding Texas make A&M consider it? Mizzou wanted the B1G but jumped when the SEC offered. Would they leave? Vandy does not fit in the SEC, could they leave? The Canadian teams would be interesting. Would they play American football? Can research money be easily pooled without having too many Government hoops to jump through? They are not at the level of US schools athletically so it would be an extreme long shot even with the 2 big markets. [/QUOTE]

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