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Would TCU Join A Super Conference?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nick Danger" data-source="post: 3163742" data-attributes="member: 33407"><p>If your question is directed at the TCU administration, Board, Professors/Faculty, Department Heads/Chairs, Research Fellows, Med School graduates, and other non-sports employees of Texas Christian <em>University,</em> the answer is a resounding<em> Yes! </em>TCU's products as a University are education and research, not Liberty Bowl trophies. There is a <em>tremendous amount</em> of non-sports revenue and institutional prestige to be had from being associated with some PAC-12, Big 10, and ACC members of a future collegiate sports "Super Conference". We're talking about millions and millions of additional dollars in research funding, economies of scale savings for centralized library and overseas collaborative networking management, scholarship funding, endowment investment opportunities, and just plain old institutional gravitas!</p><p></p><p>While there is a vocal "less studious" minority at most colleges of higher learning that <em>only</em> see benefit in the success of their various sports teams, this focus is not shared by a majority of other individuals that inhabit these Universities. A common argument against striving to be a member of these large educational collectives, is that their sports teams won't be able to compete in these "semi-pro" (what does that <em>even</em> mean?) super leagues. That appears to be a disingenuous argument because you didn't see these same naysayers demanding that TCU exit the Big-12, when the Frogs were routinely going 5-7 or 6-6, and return to a more nostalgic, more "fun" form of football, where TCU<em> could </em>compete, in the AAC or Mountain West,</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Should</em></strong> TCU get invited to join any of these monolith conferences, TCU's athletic recruitment would probably be <em>enhanced</em> as well, as now TCU would be able to recruit more four and five star recruits, that right now don't give TCU the time of day, because these more valued recruits would now be able to play against more high profile opponents week in and week out and be on TV every week, play in more high profile "playoff" games, and qualify for more prestigious bowl games like the Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc., as opposed to going to play Alcorn State, SMU, or Kansas State, or preparing to play in the Fruit Roll-Up Bowl two days after Christmas on FS2! Besides, even if you go 6-6 still, you're getting paid $100,000,000, while Baylor or Iowa State plays for $30,000,000 in some fantasy Gulf Coast Conference, or the New Southwest Conference 2.0!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nick Danger, post: 3163742, member: 33407"] If your question is directed at the TCU administration, Board, Professors/Faculty, Department Heads/Chairs, Research Fellows, Med School graduates, and other non-sports employees of Texas Christian [I]University,[/I] the answer is a resounding[I] Yes! [/I]TCU's products as a University are education and research, not Liberty Bowl trophies. There is a [I]tremendous amount[/I] of non-sports revenue and institutional prestige to be had from being associated with some PAC-12, Big 10, and ACC members of a future collegiate sports "Super Conference". We're talking about millions and millions of additional dollars in research funding, economies of scale savings for centralized library and overseas collaborative networking management, scholarship funding, endowment investment opportunities, and just plain old institutional gravitas! While there is a vocal "less studious" minority at most colleges of higher learning that [I]only[/I] see benefit in the success of their various sports teams, this focus is not shared by a majority of other individuals that inhabit these Universities. A common argument against striving to be a member of these large educational collectives, is that their sports teams won't be able to compete in these "semi-pro" (what does that [I]even[/I] mean?) super leagues. That appears to be a disingenuous argument because you didn't see these same naysayers demanding that TCU exit the Big-12, when the Frogs were routinely going 5-7 or 6-6, and return to a more nostalgic, more "fun" form of football, where TCU[I] could [/I]compete, in the AAC or Mountain West, [B][I]Should[/I][/B] TCU get invited to join any of these monolith conferences, TCU's athletic recruitment would probably be [I]enhanced[/I] as well, as now TCU would be able to recruit more four and five star recruits, that right now don't give TCU the time of day, because these more valued recruits would now be able to play against more high profile opponents week in and week out and be on TV every week, play in more high profile "playoff" games, and qualify for more prestigious bowl games like the Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc., as opposed to going to play Alcorn State, SMU, or Kansas State, or preparing to play in the Fruit Roll-Up Bowl two days after Christmas on FS2! Besides, even if you go 6-6 still, you're getting paid $100,000,000, while Baylor or Iowa State plays for $30,000,000 in some fantasy Gulf Coast Conference, or the New Southwest Conference 2.0! [/QUOTE]
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