AAC commissioner Mike Aresco again wants to abolish the Power 5/Group of 5 divide

[Jason Svoboda]

More from AAC Commissioner Aresco about his desire to stop referring to the Power 5 as the Power 5, as he tells The Athletic’s Williams that their designation as autonomous conferences in 2014 is largely outdated now. “They haven’t passed any autonomous legislation in quite a while, and we’re right there. We do everything (the Autonomous 5 conferences) do. … We all have the same issues, especially in FBS. Whether we have less money is irrelevant. We’re just as competitive, we have the same draft issues, with NIL, with the transfer portal. We’d like input. We’d like information too — we’d like to know what’s going on. But we really want input.” Aresco goes on to say the “biggest frustration is to be ignored. No one likes to be ignored. When I see articles that talk about the best quarterbacks or coaches in the P5, c’mon. When I see that constantly, I get angry. The NCAA talks a lot about inclusivity, and what happens? We’re excluded in a lot of this, and it’s just not right. Either you’re going to fight or just give up, and I would never give up.”

AAC commissioner: Time to 'rethink' P5/G5 divide

Aresco expanded on what he believes is the negative stigma the power-conference distinction has created for the AAC and others.

theathletic.com

 

[IndyTreeFan]

Gee, maybe those dumbasses should have thought of that when they voted to give the P5 all the power. What a bunch of idiots.

 

[Bluethunder]

Yea good luck there Mr Aresco. Let me know how it works out for you.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Gee, maybe those dumbasses should have thought of that when they voted to give the P5 all the power. What a bunch of idiots.

Who could have possibly seen any of this coming? The funny thing, unless it changed, the autonomy committee still held a bunch of non-P5 members. Everyone angling for that future P5 job.

They need to bring all D1 members to the table and come up with a singular MODERN framework that works for everyone.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

They need to bring all D1 members to the table and come up with a singular MODERN framework that works for everyone.

Hahahahahahahaha, that's a good one...you funny...

 

[Sycamorefan96]

It's pretty likely that within the next 10 years the Big 10 and the SEC will poach most of the high value schools out of the ACC, and then there will only be a Power 2. Whatever is left of the ACC, Big 12, and Pac 10 will be treated like today's AAC in football and today's Big East in basketball.