WUH Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 By leaving the two schools out from the beginning allows them to see what all the others will be willing to pay/give up to get into the new conference. It's a bargaining tactic. Let the others compete among themselves and we will end up with a better deal from the two we pick. I do not follow the politics of the big college sports that closely but I have never heard of a school buying their way in to a conference, but I have never heard of a school buying their way in. Do you have an example of this? You are saying that SLU could buy their way in to the new conference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 A-10 commissioner sitting with Chris May tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunky Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 A-10 commissioner sitting with Chris May tonight that is not good news... looks like we are the red headed step child left out :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 that is not good news... looks like we are the red headed step child left out :/ Should May have ignored her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 that is not good news... looks like we are the red headed step child left out :/Just fuoking stop.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk18 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 A-10 commissioner sitting with Chris May tonight Is Chris May seriously the only person at SLU that wants to be in a picked over A-10? I can't believe this. I heard her on ESPN 101 tonight. This can't be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Is Chris May seriously the only person at SLU that wants to be in a picked over A-10? I can't believe this. I heard her on ESPN 101 tonight. This can't be good. You are in med school right? Scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Is Chris May seriously the only person at SLU that wants to be in a picked over A-10? I can't believe this. I heard her on ESPN 101 tonight. This can't be good.Use common sense. I see this as a good thing. She wouldn't be here for EIU If she didn't have a reason. The way I figure she's nervous and is trying to gauge the mood around SLU. If she's nervous I think that's a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hell, she might be a canidate for the commish position in the new conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikens747 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 TomTimmermann said the trip was planned months back. Lets all calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_davola Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 You are in med school right? Scary. Couldn't have said it better myself. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I hear they're dating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I hear they're dating.I wouldn't call it dating.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 On a serious note, should we read anything into the fact Chris May has agreed to come on Frank C's show tomorrow under the condition that he will answer any questions about the BE7 honestly and openly without any evasion? Who knows if that is what will really happen, but I did find it intresting that Frank made a point of saying this at the end of his show when announcing May would be on. I hate to sound like an idiot but I've been out of St. Louis for a while. Who is Frank C? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDG Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I hate to sound like an idiot but I've been out of St. Louis for a while. Who is Frank C? Frank Cusamano from KSDK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunky Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Should May have ignored her? Why would the A-10 commish waste time hanging around a school that is about to dismantle the conference? Although the trip was planned months ago, that is irrelevant. Methinks we are out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperdeckKid Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Why would the A-10 commish waste time hanging around a school that is about to dismantle the conference? Although the trip was planned months ago, that is irrelevant. Methinks we are out.To try to stop them from dismantling the conference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunky Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 To try to stop them from dismantling the conference? haha, if we had an invite... you think a visit from the A-10 commish (no matter what she was offering) could keep us out of the C7's new conference? puuuuuleeeeeease. i'm sure she is a very smart person & knows she would be wasting everybody's time; therefore, the trip would be cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperdeckKid Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 haha, if we had an invite... you think a visit from the A-10 commish (no matter what she was offering) could keep us out of the C7's new conference? puuuuuleeeeeease. i'm sure she is a very smart person & knows she would be wasting everybody's time; therefore, the trip would be cancelled. What kind of commish worth there salt would not at least try. even if the likelihood is .000001 percent (which it is) I would expect my commish to at least try to give a pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Ken R Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Chris did eat with Bernadette but he also visited around the room as he usually does. Do not underate Chris May. He has been working hard and will continue to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Frank Cusamano from KSDK Thanks, I'm sure I will be listening in tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperdeckKid Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Chris did eat with Bernadette but he also visited around the room as he usually does. Do not underate Chris May. He has been working hard and will continue to do so.I like May a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunky Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 What kind of commish worth there salt would not at least try. even if the likelihood is .000001 percent (which it is) I would expect my commish to at least try to give a pitch. true. but, it's not like we are an important cog in the A-10. I see this visit more as a "hey, so butler, dayton, and X are leaving the A-10... Got any fresh ideas?" I hope I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 true. but, it's not like we are an important cog in the A-10. I see this visit more as a "hey, so butler, dayton, and X are leaving the A-10... Got any fresh ideas?" I hope I am wrong. I think in any business, especially conference realignment you act like the best is what's coming and plan for the worst. If she is any kind of commish she has approached SLU they same exact way as she has approached x, butler, and VCU: "Isn't our conference booming? How nice is it that we will be playing in Jay-Z's new playhouse for our conference tourney? This conference is only going to get better for years to come!" She knows we have the possibility of being courted, she knows we are gone if we get the invite, and she knows if the Catholic 7 becomes the Catholic 12 there is no way we don't go; on the flipside she knows how important we become to the A10 if we don't get the invite, she knows she will need to take input from us. She's probably not an idiot. But she wouldn't beg, and she wouldn't be naive. To read anymore into this meeting other than she is making the rounds on the schools that may be gone is foolish. Does anyone think x is not going to get an invite into this league? No. Does anyone think that she is not going to have a similar meeting with x? Of course not. Just a commish doing the job she needs to do in busy times, not anymore than that we can really get from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 On a serious note, should we read anything into the fact Chris May has agreed to come on Frank C's show tomorrow under the condition that he will answer any questions about the BE7 honestly and openly without any evasion? Who knows if that is what will really happen, but I did find it intresting that Frank made a point of saying this at the end of his show when announcing May would be on. He agreed to answer them as long as Frank doesn't ask them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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