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Re: CAA all sports???
By: ecasadoSBU Date: January 15, 2022, 6:42 am
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[quote author=Accelerator link=topic=916.msg35106#msg35106
date=1642248673]
I don’t really get it.
SBU already has CAA ties through football. It’s still going to
be in a one-bid league with FCS football. What really changes?
This is just the position that we were lined up to be in during
the last wave of realignment had it not been for Hofstra
overruling the rest of the conference. So we’re a decade behind
our original scheduled plans then? Hardly encouraging.
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I think it gives us access to slightly better student-athletes.
We gotta move up for the sake of our basketball program. This
isn't like moving to a low-tier FBS conference which would just
add expense with little additional gain.
There is very little additional expense to making this move and
some slight gain. The CAA at the very least gets you a non-16
seed in the NCAA tournament. The America East would always be
the lowest in the pecking order. If we want to show we have
aspirations of being something serious in the long-term I think
this move presents an opportunity.
Ultimately I would love to see the Seawolves in the A-10 (if we
go the basketball route), or the American (if we manage to build
a solid football program), or screw it - even the Big East (we
can dream, right? St. John's would never allow it though).
If you tell me 10-15 years from now the Seawolves will be
playing in the A-10 I would be happy with that. and who knows -
maybe we manage to grow our football program fanbase and end up
playing in a Northeast based league with UMass, UConn, Buffalo,
Delaware, Temple, Army.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: iBOsbu Date: January 15, 2022, 8:03 am
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I, too, am warming up to CAA. I guess it would help us recruit
better. And no team has moved from AE to A10, but plenty have
moved up from CAA to A10 and other higher conferences. LI
rivalry with Hofstra will get more serious…Newsday will love it.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: sbugold Date: January 15, 2022, 9:23 am
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Here's one HUGE downside I don't think you guys have thought
about:
Going forward, in order to watch any of the athletic teams' home
or away games we'll have to sign up for FLO<-Sports!!!. No more
ESPN or SNY I suspect: YUCK!!!
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: guest410 Date: January 15, 2022, 9:36 am
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[quote author=sbugold link=topic=916.msg35110#msg35110
date=1642260220]
Here's one HUGE downside I don't think you guys have thought
about:
Going forward, in order to watch any of the athletic teams' home
or away games we'll have to sign up for FLO<-Sports!!!. No more
ESPN or SNY I suspect: YUCK!!!
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And what a major downside that is. Being on ESPN costs viewers
$6.99 a month and gives them the choice of watching all of the
other conferences, sports, and leagues that come with it. Flo
costs more than that and provides you with one league and very
few sports. CAA is a better conference than America East, and
it's a big step up for SBU. But don't get your hopes up that
this is a stepping stone to the A-10, and whoever said AAC is
dreaming. SBU does not have the facilities, money, leadership or
players for either of those conferences and never will.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: ecasadoSBU Date: January 15, 2022, 10:56 am
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[quote author=sbugold link=topic=916.msg35110#msg35110
date=1642260220]
Here's one HUGE downside I don't think you guys have thought
about:
Going forward, in order to watch any of the athletic teams' home
or away games we'll have to sign up for FLO<-Sports!!!. No more
ESPN or SNY I suspect: YUCK!!!
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I saw this on twitter. I would pay for FloSports if I have to
for the time we are in the CAA. I pay for it during the football
season anyway.
GET OUT OF THE AE!!!! That's it!
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: ecasadoSBU Date: January 15, 2022, 11:04 am
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[quote author=AirTurn link=topic=916.msg35111#msg35111
date=1642260962]
[quote author=sbugold link=topic=916.msg35110#msg35110
date=1642260220]
Here's one HUGE downside I don't think you guys have thought
about:
Going forward, in order to watch any of the athletic teams' home
or away games we'll have to sign up for FLO<-Sports!!!. No more
ESPN or SNY I suspect: YUCK!!!
[/quote]
And what a major downside that is. Being on ESPN costs viewers
$6.99 a month and gives them the choice of watching all of the
other conferences, sports, and leagues that come with it. Flo
costs more than that and provides you with one league and very
few sports. CAA is a better conference than America East, and
it's a big step up for SBU. But don't get your hopes up that
this is a stepping stone to the A-10, and whoever said AAC is
dreaming. SBU does not have the facilities, money, leadership or
players for either of those conferences and never will.
[/quote]
What are you talking about????
I wish facilities were the problem that was holding us back. It
isn't facilities at all. We have a great FB stadium, a spanking
new FB indoor training facility, a great arena, and great
development center. Recently renovated Baseball, softball, and
swimming, and track and field facilities. Facilities is not the
problem! Have you seen Fordham's facilities?!? or St. Joseph,
Richmond?
How many times do I have to say that what is truly holding us
back is lack of fan support on the field and at home (TV,
Streaming). College sports are all about fan bases and market
command. If we were selling out the SBU Arena and Kenneth P.
LaValle Stadium every game we would've been long out of the
America East and CAA even if we sucked at the sprots. We would
probably be in the American, or at the very least MAC right now.
Fan bases drive college sports because they are the revenue
generators... obviously
The A-10 is definitely achievable if Long Islanders can get out
of their asses and support the team at the Arena. If Fordham can
be in the A-10 so can we. But what we have right now is mostly
fair-weather fans that spend more time criticizing the team than
supporting it. Even when we win we cannot draw. So how can a
league like the A-10 be interested in a program if it doesn't
draw fans?
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: Accelerator Date: January 15, 2022, 12:20 pm
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The flagship declaration by New York really should at least help
with some of the tangibles
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: The Witcher Date: January 15, 2022, 1:11 pm
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[quote author=Hammertime link=topic=916.msg35102#msg35102
date=1642245189]
Total agree, and I am glad this forum is finally seeing the
light. I've been saying for 8 years now SB needs to abandon the
AE conference and join the CAA. It makes sense in every aspect.
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Can't argue too much with this opinion. AE is a dying conference
in basketball. Its hard to get up to play Binghamton, Maine,
Albany (nowadays at least).
CAA would be a significant upgrade in level of competition and
one we should embrace. Distance to me isn't a huge factor-
driving up to Maine and Vermont is a huge pain. Bus/plane to
NC/Virginia isn't much worse. There is already a footprint in
the Northeast which will also make things easier for the most
part.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: The Witcher Date: January 15, 2022, 1:15 pm
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Sam Perkins who used to write for the excellent onebidwonders
website says he has heard on Twitter that a full move to CAA is
a done deal for Stony Brook. No other AE school is being offered
at this time.
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Re: CAA all sports???
By: iBOsbu Date: January 15, 2022, 2:00 pm
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Another Twitter rumor is that CAA may lose 1, 2 or 3 southern
members to SoCon.
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