Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:05 pm
If we play our basketball tournament at the American Airlines Center it can be billed as the:
AAC at the AAC
AAC at the AAC
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Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:22 pm
Given the situation with giving up the Big East name, I like the AAC.
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Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:47 pm
The 'merica conference
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:04 pm
Thanks, Ed Carter.SMU2007 wrote:The 'merica conference
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:54 pm
God bless
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:56 pm
Shoot. I was close. I suggested the Great American Athletic Conference.
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:54 pm
or the Great Big 10 through 14 American Athletic ConferenceTerry Webster wrote:Shoot. I was close. I suggested the Great American Athletic Conference.
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:56 pm
Sorry Terry, but...Terry Webster wrote:Shoot. I was close. I suggested the Great American Athletic Conference.
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Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:32 pm
Still like American Metro Conf better but whatevs. If they are gonna go by The American then why bother calling it American athletic Conf?
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:33 am
Because the NFL has "American Conference" trademarked as a derivative of AFCReedFrawg wrote:Still like American Metro Conf better but whatevs. If they are gonna go by The American then why bother calling it American athletic Conf?
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:27 pm
If you said "American conference" the AFC would be the last thing to come to mind...
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:08 pm
Really? I never would associate the two but certainly would make sense. Thanks.CalallenStang wrote:Because the NFL has "American Conference" trademarked as a derivative of AFCReedFrawg wrote:Still like American Metro Conf better but whatevs. If they are gonna go by The American then why bother calling it American athletic Conf?
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:32 pm
Someone on CSNbbs looked into it and that's what they found out.ReedFrawg wrote:Really? I never would associate the two but certainly would make sense. Thanks.CalallenStang wrote:Because the NFL has "American Conference" trademarked as a derivative of AFCReedFrawg wrote:Still like American Metro Conf better but whatevs. If they are gonna go by The American then why bother calling it American athletic Conf?
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:22 pm
Too bad the All american Conference name has been used before. Want to start an over/under pool and how long this new group lasts before another round of school changes occurs and we change somethign again?
Re: American Athletic Conference in the New Name
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:27 pm
The AAC will get top billing on a lot of websites, ahead of the American East and ACC and all the "Big" whatevers
Wonder if that was part of the marketing strategy?
Wonder if that was part of the marketing strategy?