So why isn't anyone jumping on this Sun Beast Conference idea?

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TEAMS: The remaining members of the Big East plus all current members of the Sun Belt Conference, as detailed below.

UConn

Louisville

West Virginia

Cincinnati

South Florida

Rutgers

Arkansas State

Middle Tennessee State

Troy

University of Louisiana-Lafayette

University of Louisiana-Monroe

Florida International

Western Kentucky

University of North Texas

Florida Atlantic University



Further membership may be considered, but we draw the line at a 24 team conference. Anything more than that would be excessive, and we are not targeting the SUNBEAST as an orphanage for wayward football programs. (A foster home perhaps, but not an orphanage.)

DIVISIONS. As a trendsetter in its field, the SUNBEAST will be divided not into two uneven divisions, but instead into THREE equal divisions of five teams a piece.

THE SUNFISH DIVISION: Florida Atlantic, Florida International, South Florida, Universities Monroe and Lafayette from Louisiana.

THE SUNBEAR DIVISION: University of North Texas, Western Kentucky, Troy, Arkansas State, Middle Tennessee State.

THE SUNLAMP DIVISION: Louisville, UConn, West Virginia, Rutgers, Cincinnati.

The divisions are regionally themed, and tap into resonant market specificities: the maritime/fishing themes for the Florida/Louisiana divisions, the rural/rugged connotations of the SunBear divisions, and the need for sunlight and Vitamin D from the Sunlamp division.

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