Can a Conference expel a school?
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The Big East forced Temple out a/c empty seats for football but on the other hand the Big Ten did not expel ups even thou that institution is forever tagged with the biggest sex scandal against children. Possibility that in the next conference moves especially if reduced to 4 power conferences Pitt will be left out and with good reason, lack of support, lack of comittment by administration, lack of stability etc. May find a place in the AAC or USA conference then again there is no stadium so they could really drop down to the Duquesne status. If it would come down to that sceniro the fake so called 30,000fan base would be reduced to about 1000 wishing for the good old days.
I am slightly worried about this.....with all those ACC surveys we've been getting.
You guys are paranoid
Are you aware of any time where a full fledged member got the boot?
Temple doesn’t count
I mean, you’re convinced Pitt basketball is doomed to this level for eternity, you can always look to John Thompson’s words stating that every conference needs a few doormats
Are you aware of any time where a full fledged member got the boot?
Temple doesn’t count
I mean, you’re convinced Pitt basketball is doomed to this level for eternity, you can always look to John Thompson’s words stating that every conference needs a few doormats
Temple was kicked out of the Big East but at the same time they were never really a member of the Big East. They were always looked at as the weird red-headed stepchild with a mental disorder that no one really wanted. The Big East used the attendance as an excuse to boot the football program.
Pitt will be historically bad in basketball for this season and next, and the national media clowns the attendance issues the Pitt football team has.
Pitt is not a natural ACC member, I am sure many of the southern schools really don't want them there anyway.
BC has been crap at basketball for the entirety of their ACC tenure, and is also not really natural fit in the ACC. ACC seems fine with them. We aren't gonna get kicked out. What will happen is whenever the next wave of poaches happen and the conferences get shaken up is Pitt will be one of the odd men out. Enjoy the ACC while it lasts because in 20 years we will be a in a conference with Memphis, Temple, Tulane and Marshall.
Good. I will be living on a fixed income by then and wont feel guilty about eliminating my donations.
At this point I don't even know if I'll mind. Going to games at Heinz with 5,000 people to see Pitt play Tulane might be fun. Parking will be easy to find and season tickets will cost 35 bucks a pop.
I'd rather be kicked out of the ACC and be competitive at a lower level than be a P5 doormat.
"Enjoy", I might "Enjoy" the Memphis, Temple, Tulane and Marshall conference better if we are a contender and win the title every once in awhile. Being a doormat in the "big leagues" isn't fun to me.
We wouldn't contend. We would drop our spending to the bare minimum for the Big Shit Conference and we'd go 4-8 or 5-7 most years.
You're spot on! I would imagine that we would likely try to go Patriot League before AAC but they would laugh at our application and resume.
Man you guys are dopes
I used to think that coming here and checking out the board since Pitt fans got their wish was amusing. Now it’s more like watching an ugly dog get tortured
I used to think that coming here and checking out the board since Pitt fans got their wish was amusing. Now it’s more like watching an ugly dog get tortured
The Petty Least wanted Temple FOOTBALL so that it could meet the minimum number of teams to be recognized as a football conference, but ironically, in the sport that really meant something to that "conference", they were afraid of John Chaney.
Society has its shares of takers. They live off of others and never put anything back. It seems like we are there now, taking and living off of the ACC and not contributing to the pot. A lot of this can be traced to poor products with no support and "Pirate like" administrative management. If the ACC wanted to throw us out for being takers, they would be within their rights. However, when we went into the ACC, we were accepted mainly because of our academic reputation.
We had a good basketball program, a decent football program, brought a new TV market, and had the academics to go along with it. Thankfully, our athletic program did not look like it does now or else we might have been left out.
If they didn’t kick out BC the last 3 years they won’t kick us out. That being said a drop to the American would be interesting. We would be a top team in both revenue sports likely making the tournament most years and definitely a better shot making a Major Bowl as the top ranking Group Team like UCF this year. That being said we would get far less money and really have to perform to cover the athletic department budget. I really think teams like Pitt and BC are much more happy to be mediocre-to-bad teams in a power 5 conference. They can balance the books every year, stay clean of sanctions, and still act like they are more competitive than they really. I thinking winning in the power conference requires a lot more corner cutting and alumni support and really no more financial gain.
So for a school like Pitt its just not worth it. What is scary is how far our academic rankings have fallen since the move to the ACC and Gallagher as Chancellor. If we are going to settle for mediocrity we better as hell improve our academic rankings and reputations the meantime...and not go backwards.
So for a school like Pitt its just not worth it. What is scary is how far our academic rankings have fallen since the move to the ACC and Gallagher as Chancellor. If we are going to settle for mediocrity we better as hell improve our academic rankings and reputations the meantime...and not go backwards.
Major bowl? Then you'd better run the table (as UCF has a shot to do this year), because otherwise . . . let me put it this way. Temple won the American last year and got . . . the Military Bowl.
If it gets to that point, Pitt games at Heinz Field will be no more than a memory; Pitt would be playing their home games at Highmark Stadium, or at North Allegheny High School.
The ACC would lose millions in annual revenue if Pitt were to leave or be forced out.
It's borderline idiotic to think the ACC would be even remotely interested in removing the only PA school.
It's borderline idiotic to think the ACC would be even remotely interested in removing the only PA school.
I am sure if Pitt were removed another school would be added to replace them. But I am trying to understand your statement about not removing the only PA school? Is PA really that important to the ACC?
Maybe not the entire state as a whole, but the city of Pittsburgh itself, yes. It'll change in the future with streaming taking over, but as of now TV markets still matter and Pittsburgh is a pretty big one. I'd imagine you also get to share the Philly market with the B1G as well with Pitt and Syracuse in the same conference. That'll come in handy once the actual ACC Network comes around.
Of course. Be honest though does Pitt have a better chance going undefeated in the American in the next 5 years or winning the Coastal and the ACC championship game?!
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