A10 Presidents call meeting to shore up their membership

[ChicosBailBonds]

They are worried about Xavier, Dayton, SLU and possibly Duquesne leaving.

[MuMark]

If I'm the Xavier president I come down with the flu that day........

[Hards Alumni]

All for show.

[Pakuni]

If only the Big East had thought of this 18 months ago we could gave avoided all this. 

[tower912]

UDPride cowers in his basement.

[Dawson Rental]

If only the Big East had thought of this 18 months ago we could gave avoided all this. 

First timers.  Hey A10, welcome to the game.

[chapman]

If only the Big East had thought of this 18 months ago we could gave avoided all this. 

I suggest the A-10 immediately extend invites to Maine, North Dakota State, Drexel, and IUPUI.  That should appease all members and stabilize the league for the future.


/teal

[Avenue Commons]

Why are they having this meeting? I thought the C7 were joining the A10?
/teal

[🏀]

How did they get a table that large at Red Robin?



Yum.

[goldeneagle91114]

When do we start extending invitations?

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

They are worried about Xavier, Dayton, SLU and possibly Duquesne leaving.

Sub Butler for Duquesne and you'd be right. I'm not even sure the A-10 wants Duquesne.

That being said, I think any one of those programs would jump at the chance to play Georgetown, Villanova and Marquette instead of St. Bonaventure, LaSalle and Rhode Island.

[GGGG]

When do we start extending invitations?

Probably have already started talks.

[Pakuni]

Probably have already started talks.

Yep. I'd venture to guess the C7 schools already have a pretty good idea of who's with them and who's not. But they've got plenty of time to work out the details, so there's no sense in rushing it.

[Norm]

Want to put some pressure on Xavier, Butler, VCU and St. Louis to decide what to do? Grab Creighton right away. Then publicly talk logistics of how Gonzaga and BYU/San Diego State joining could work.

[ChicosBailBonds]

If I'm the Xavier president I come down with the flu that day........

The latest ploy is to have the flu, fall and then get a concussion...that prevents you from attending important meetings. 

[Avenue Commons]

Want to put some pressure on Xavier, Butler, VCU and St. Louis to decide what to do? Grab Creighton right away. Then publicly talk logistics of how Gonzaga and BYU/San Diego State joining could work.

Why would they need to exert pressure? Those schools are begging to join the Catholic 7.

Why would they stay in the A10?

[hairy worthen]

The latest ploy is to have the flu, fall and then get a concussion...that prevents you from attending important meetings. 

Funny

[Knight Commission]

I notice they haven't released a press release signed by all schools saying they are committed to the league.  I bet that was asked.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I notice they haven't released a press release signed by all schools saying they are committed to the league.  I bet that was asked.

The meeting is next week per the NY Post.

[westcoastwarrior]

BYU has football...and there own cable network...they are fine without us

[avid1010]

The latest ploy is to have the flu, fall and then get a concussion...that prevents you from attending important meetings. 

kind of like when her husband tried to kill an irrelevant terrorist to take the focus off of his sex scandal?

[4everwarriors]

Or Vince Foster.

[Tums Festival]

I notice they haven't released a press release signed by all schools saying they are committed to the league.  I bet that was asked.

The school's Presidents did issue a statement quoted in this blog:

http://zagsblog.com/articles/big-priest-schools-cut-ties-with-big-east/

[muguru]

The school's Presidents did issue a statement quoted in this blog:

http://zagsblog.com/articles/big-priest-schools-cut-ties-with-big-east/

I think he meant the A10 schools.

[bobnoxious]

The latest ploy is to have the flu, fall and then get a concussion...that prevents you from attending important meetings. 

only when the important meetings are 5 days away