Buy the rights to the name:
"THE EAST COAST CONFERENCE"
THE ECC SOUNDS GREAT LIKE THE ACC, IT FLOWS.
"THE EAST COAST CONFERENCE"
THE ECC SOUNDS GREAT LIKE THE ACC, IT FLOWS.
Legal Battle Over Big East Name / N.Y. Post
- Thread starter jerseyshorejohnny
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No one is suggesting that. What I'm saying is that if you have a conference made up exclusively of Catholic universities (with maybe one exception, Butler), one that is designated as a Catholic conference (as you're suggesting) and therefore repeatedly called Catholic every single time it's mentioned in the media, would probably raise all kinds of concerns in the minds of parents of non-Catholic recruits (as well as in the minds of some recruits themselves) -- especially with families that have strong religious ties of their own. The Big Catholic Conference It doesn't sound "athletic," expansive, or welcoming; it sounds exclusionary, religiously restrictive, and doctrinaire ... and that's a potential turn-off to lots of people.
beast of the east
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I don't think having a name implying a Catholic designation will matter one bit to anyone who matters.
Do people not go to St. Francis Hospital because of the name or do they do because it's the best heart hospital in the area?
Do people avoid Long Island Jewish, Mr. Sinai Medical Center, if they are not Jewish?
Students don't avoid Catholic Universities if they aren't Catholic - I don't think your assertion makes one bit of difference.
jetstorm
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You must be kidding with this crap! Our name is Saint John's if a recruit or his family are ok with the Catholic name of the university but not ok with the Catholic 7 that would be insane!!!! Do you think that a recruit is ok playing for a Catholic university but not ok playing against other Catholic teams!!!!! GET REAL!
beast of the east
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How about the NBE (New Big East) or Better East 
Hey, don't get your knickers in a twist! And to answer your question: yes, I do believe that naming our conference something like the Big Catholic Conference would hurt recruiting. You obviously you have a lot more faith (pardon the expression) in people's open-mindedness than I do. Our new conference's name should reflect geography and/or our big-city roots, and not religion. There's simply no up side to it.
beast of the east
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Don't you think it is more than a coincidence that it was 7 Catholic Schools that got together to break away and form their own league?
How about the NFL (No football League)?
Rob Lenhart
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Villanova and Georgetown play lower division football. Villanova has expressed interest in moving their program up to the higher division. Possible invites Butler, Xavier, Dayton and Richmond also field non-scholarship football teams. DePaul and St John's, the two largest Catholic colleges, do not.
As for the name of the league, if it's not going to be the Big East my hope is whoever at St John's may have been responsible for Red Storm has nothing to do with choosing the new name.
Rob Lenhart
Member
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Actually about 7,000 in a home field that seats about 9,000.
Not counted in the above the "battle of Philadelphia" against Temple drew 33,000. The following week, in a home game against ACC Maryland, Temple drew 23,000.
So the capacity is not the problem then LOL. Monroe-Woodbury gets 4,000 fans to its high school games. The reason these schools broke off is because they all lack major football programs, and they were tired of being treated like also-rans. Notre Dame is Catholic and they want nothing to do with the "Catholic 7." Why? Because they have major football.
I agree. In fact didn't Brey pretty much say that exact same thing? I wonder if they can void their ACC contract if enough teams bolt. I wouldn't be surprised to see them with the "catholic 7" in the future.
And lets be honest here. Villanova will NEVER have FBS football. No way…no how. There are so many reasons against this but clearly their fan base just doesn't get it. They seem to be content living in a dream world where they're in the Big East or ACC. Their program would make Temple look like Alabama.