crow4435 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 how about an associate membership in Conference USA? basketball and baseball? i think it could work. will probably never happen but you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold* Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 how about an associate membership in Conference USA? basketball and baseball? i think it could work. will probably never happen but you never know. Not going to happen -- there are lots of reasons, but they include the liklihood that TU would never allow it and the fact that C-USA didn't keep a couple of basketball only members, like Charlotte and SLU and didn't accept a couple of football only members like Army. Your best bet is the Southland, the Valley, or sticking it out with the MidCon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcboy2000 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 how about an associate membership in Conference USA? basketball and baseball? i think it could work. will probably never happen but you never know. Are you saying this on a wishful tip? Because it's definitely not a realistic expectation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TU Hurricane Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Not going to happen -- there are lots of reasons, but they include the liklihood that TU would never allow it and the fact that C-USA didn't keep a couple of basketball only members, like Charlotte and SLU and didn't accept a couple of football only members like Army. Your best bet is the Southland, the Valley, or sticking it out with the MidCon. IIRC Army left on its own cause it could not compete in C-USA. C-USA is built around football, but it does have one sport members in mens soccer. Basketball won't happen, but a partial sports membership with baseball being the centerpiece could be possible. Not all members play baseball so there is room to expand to make the conference better. However, I agree that TU would never allow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weatherdemon Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I guess I don't understand why TU would not allow it? How would it hurt TU? If anything it would actually help TU in terms of attendance and travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU Eli Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Almost not even worth discussing because it's just simply not gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcboy2000 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 But you gotta admit. My new sig is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TU Hurricane Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I guess I don't understand why TU would not allow it? How would it hurt TU? If anything it would actually help TU in terms of attendance and travel. If you owned the only restaurant in town, would you support the opening of another restaurant next door? We're the only C-USA ball game in town. Tulsa is a small market with limited dollars for sponsorships and ticket sales. Any advantage we have by being in a better conference would be gone. On the field, we have a recruiting advantage by being a member of C-USA and this too would either be gone or leveled off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stl VU Fan Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I've gotten the same response from a Detroit Titans fan on why Detroit vetoed adding Oakland to the Horizon League. He also didn't think much of OU's graduation rate, but mainly there's no principled reason for the veto, just pure competitive advantage. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold* Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I guess I don't understand why TU would not allow it? How would it hurt TU? If anything it would actually help TU in terms of attendance and travel. What the?? I won't go through all the reasons here, but let's just say there are a ton of them. And, ORU doesn't have FOOTBALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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