UMass fan, who is not loyal to the A10 and will do a preface and then finish with you guys to do what you do.
- Penn State left the A10, UMass chose not to as was invited to the Big East but remained loyal to the A10. UConn never joined the A10 but did join the Big East. Perhaps my dislike of the A10 loyalty is rooted and these older mis steps and from the glow of basketball and the FCS national championship chose not to go to CUSA in 1998. I'm not loyal to the A10 and with the long predicted slide as I've been saying; 1 bid last year, never will be.
- Look guys, I'm pro basketball and all UMass sports, just not pro A10. The slide has happened, 1 bid and not a NCAA win in many years. We hear nothing about the media contract. It was 5M in 2012 and is up this year after a 3 year extension. There has been inflation over 11 years and we are blotted to 15 members, why? How about taking the opposite approach instead of knocking the MAC, how can we make it better. There are good bones there in every sport. Women's basketball is very competitive and men's has teams like Buffalo, Akron, Ohio, Toledo etc. Let's see how the A10 does with it's media contract and perhaps instead of reacting, we take the driver's seat. We propose to the MAC and networks a partner that make sense for us. As Delaware, Stony Brook, or Rhode Island. Rhody is my favorite, but not the MAC's but let's drive the bus and see about making the MAC better. Rhode Island has a solid history of basketball, good in Football and a lot closer to Gillette they could use, and a nice rival.