The AAC, despite losing their BCS status, is still kicking hard. But for how much longer?
News of Conference USA's reduced TV money came out this week and it was worse than expected. It sparked an interest from other Group of Five leagues about what will happen once their current TV contracts expire.
One league that should absolutely take note is the American Athletic. Even though their TV contract doesn't expire until 2020 and nets each school $2 million per year, there's other factors to worry about.
When the Catholic Seven split from the Big East effective summer 2013 and took the name and history of the conference, they left the future American Athletic members the entire $100 million plus war chest the conference earned in tournament units.