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Post by Aggie One on Jul 23, 2021 12:55:42 GMT -5
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Post by aggie94 on Jul 23, 2021 13:08:44 GMT -5
Exhibit one as to why we are now in the Big South Conference. I can only imagine there are countless other examples of incompetence along the way that led to our departure. If it was just us, that would be one thing. It is obvious to me that Hampton as well ads FAMU saw the same thing.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 13:08:44 GMT -5
personally, i strongly support the meac but at the same time i can't help but be a bit "apprehensive" about what happened with that covid test. nevertheless, why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner when the school that's requesting the response just left the conference "high and dry"?
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Post by aggie94 on Jul 23, 2021 13:10:40 GMT -5
personally, i strongly support the meac but at the same time i can't help but be a bit "apprehensive" about what happened with that covid test. nevertheless, why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner when the school that's requesting the response just left the conference "high and dry"? Professionalism would dictate that you do the right thing for the right reason. We were still a part of the conference through June 30 and therefore had every right to seek redress.
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jul 23, 2021 13:20:02 GMT -5
Damn MEAC !! This is just a bad look !! No response at all...I'm so glad the Administration took the "high road" on this.
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Post by Maxell on Jul 23, 2021 13:37:56 GMT -5
why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner Because at the time you still had baseball, outdoor track, and softball championships to play and Martin/Hilton wanted to make sure protocols could be trusted for them. I can understand many of your other rantings. But if you're defending the MEAC on this one, I seriously question whether you belong in the Valley.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Jul 23, 2021 13:39:20 GMT -5
That's fine....I'm still hot with how things were handled in Norfolk in the tourney. With that said, IF (that's the key word) the Big South behaves in a similar manner (not saying they will), he needs to voice his concerns in the same manner.
We're out of the MEAC. Just like Trump was yesterday's news, so is the MEAC. I'm not interested in going backwards to rehash old issues. We made the decision to move to the Big South. No more talking about the wrongs the MEAC did to us. MOVE FORWARD!
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 13:46:05 GMT -5
personally, i strongly support the meac but at the same time i can't help but be a bit "apprehensive" about what happened with that covid test. nevertheless, why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner when the school that's requesting the response just left the conference "high and dry"? Professionalism would dictate that you do the right thing for the right reason. We were still a part of the conference through June 30 and therefore had every right to seek redress. you don't think there's any "hard feelings" that a&t left the conference "high and dry"? if not, you're only looking at this situation thru the lenses of your "own eyes". professionalism or not, the conference has more "pressing issues" than to take its time to deal with a school that's no longer in the conference. responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority" when you're looking to replace the counsel of presidents chairman and the meac commissioner, plus "struggling" to add schools for survival. yeah, i'd say relative to those "pressing issues", responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority"...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 13:54:33 GMT -5
why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner Because at the time you still had baseball, outdoor track, and softball championships to play and Martin/Hilton wanted to make sure protocols could be trusted for them. I can understand many of your other rantings. But if you're defending the MEAC on this one, I seriously question whether you belong in the Valley. the conference has "more pressing issues", many of which a&t helped to create. i understand "aggie bias", but i also understand "objectivity". obviously the conference commissioner has "sour grapes" and its quite understandable whether you wanna admit it or not. sometimes you have to look at things as if "the shoe was on the other foot". that's called "objectivity". dealing with a school that's no longer in the conference is not and should not be a "high priority". he's got more pressing issues to deal with, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference can wait and so can a&t cuz it does not impact a&t's future. what happened in the past is "over with" and cannot be changed. move on and enjoy your new conference...
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Post by Maxell on Jul 23, 2021 14:05:13 GMT -5
Professionalism would dictate that you do the right thing for the right reason. We were still a part of the conference through June 30 and therefore had every right to seek redress. you don't think there's any "hard feelings" that a&t left the conference "high and dry"? if not, you're only looking at this situation thru the lenses of your "own eyes". professionalism or not, the conference has more "pressing issues" than to take its time to deal with a school that's no longer in the conference. responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority" when you're looking to replace the counsel of presidents chairman and the meac commissioner, plus "struggling" to add schools for survival. yeah, i'd say relative to those "pressing issues", responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority"... You're delusional. I'm not talking about "dealing with us". I'm talking about the fact that COVID testing had to happen again and the procedures are questionable. Of course there was no love lost, but that behavior by the conference to ignore the concerns about testing for 4 months is unconscionable. Even though in my best world the MEAC would have grown to be an elite conference with A&T in it. I'm now even more glad we are gone regardless of what happens in the Big South. I would have loved to see Hilton go "Scorched Earth". +1
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Post by aggie94 on Jul 23, 2021 14:09:38 GMT -5
Because at the time you still had baseball, outdoor track, and softball championships to play and Martin/Hilton wanted to make sure protocols could be trusted for them. I can understand many of your other rantings. But if you're defending the MEAC on this one, I seriously question whether you belong in the Valley. the conference has "more pressing issues", many of which a&t helped to create. i understand "aggie bias", but i also understand "objectivity". obviously the conference commissioner has "sour grapes" and its quite understandable whether you wanna admit it or not. sometimes you have to look at things as if "the shoe was on the other foot". that's called "objectivity". dealing with a school that's no longer in the conference is not and should not be a "high priority". he's got more pressing issues to deal with, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference can wait and so can a&t cuz it does not impact a&t's future. what happened in the past is "over with" and cannot be changed. move on and enjoy your new conference... The fact of the matter is that we were still in the conference when this took place. I am sure he the commissioner was in his feelings regarding our departure. That does not give him the right to abdicate his responsibility in addressing member issues. Bear in mind we still have one team (bowling) that has to participate in this conference. In my line of work I could never get by with not responding to someone because I had more pressing issues. That thinking is why the MEAC is on life support.
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Post by Maxell on Jul 23, 2021 14:15:39 GMT -5
the conference has "more pressing issues", many of which a&t helped to create. i understand "aggie bias", but i also understand "objectivity". obviously the conference commissioner has "sour grapes" and its quite understandable whether you wanna admit it or not. sometimes you have to look at things as if "the shoe was on the other foot". that's called "objectivity". dealing with a school that's no longer in the conference is not and should not be a "high priority". he's got more pressing issues to deal with, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference can wait and so can a&t cuz it does not impact a&t's future. what happened in the past is "over with" and cannot be changed. move on and enjoy your new conference... The fact of the matter is that we were still in the conference when this took place. I am sure he the commissioner was in his feelings regarding our departure. That does not give him the right to abdicate his responsibility in addressing member issues. Bear in mind we still have one team (bowling) that has to participate in this conference. In my line of work I could never get by with not responding to someone because I had more pressing issues. That thinking is why the MEAC is on life support. I forgot about bowling still being an affiliate member. Hilton has to have a serious talk with the new commissioner. A&T still pays the MEAC for the membership of the bowling team.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 14:24:20 GMT -5
you don't think there's any "hard feelings" that a&t left the conference "high and dry"? if not, you're only looking at this situation thru the lenses of your "own eyes". professionalism or not, the conference has more "pressing issues" than to take its time to deal with a school that's no longer in the conference. responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority" when you're looking to replace the counsel of presidents chairman and the meac commissioner, plus "struggling" to add schools for survival. yeah, i'd say relative to those "pressing issues", responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority"... You're delusional. I'm not talking about "dealing with us". I'm talking about the fact that COVID testing had to happen again and the procedures are questionable. Of course there was no love lost, but that behavior by the conference to ignore the concerns about testing for 4 months is unconscionable. Even though in my best world the MEAC would have grown to be an elite conference with A&T in it. I'm now even more glad we are gone regardless of what happens in the Big South. I would have loved to see Hilton go "Scorched Earth". +1 who said the conference should "ignore" a school that's no longer in the conference? thomas stated that he hasn't responded "yet". that doesn't mean he never will. the conference has "all summer" to address it's covid-19 protocols, there is no "pressing need" to address it immediately. and no, i'm not "delusional". obviously ya'll are "emotionally" reacting because there no need to deal with this "immediately". like i said, given the status of the meac, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority". i'm sure the rest of the meac feels that way too. "sour grapes" are to be expected. its very "naive" to expect otherwise...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 14:31:50 GMT -5
the conference has "more pressing issues", many of which a&t helped to create. i understand "aggie bias", but i also understand "objectivity". obviously the conference commissioner has "sour grapes" and its quite understandable whether you wanna admit it or not. sometimes you have to look at things as if "the shoe was on the other foot". that's called "objectivity". dealing with a school that's no longer in the conference is not and should not be a "high priority". he's got more pressing issues to deal with, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference can wait and so can a&t cuz it does not impact a&t's future. what happened in the past is "over with" and cannot be changed. move on and enjoy your new conference... The fact of the matter is that we were still in the conference when this took place. I am sure he the commissioner was in his feelings regarding our departure. That does not give him the right to abdicate his responsibility in addressing member issues. Bear in mind we still have one team (bowling) that has to participate in this conference. In my line of work I could never get by with not responding to someone because I had more pressing issues. That thinking is why the MEAC is on life support. there is no "pressing need" to deal with this "immediately" whether a&t has a bowling team in the conference or not. what's the immediate "pressing need"? when is the next time meac covid protocols will be active? certainly not "immediately". so there's no need for an "immediate" response, especially since it will no longer directly impact a&t. the status of covid is constantly changing, the meac's policy today may not be the meac's policy a month from now. take your "emotions" out of it. it is not a "pressing need"...
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jul 23, 2021 14:36:01 GMT -5
I can't believe what I just read..."Hard Feelings"...A Div I conference doesn't address an issue (a very messed up issue at that) from a conference member, and it should be overlooked because of hard feelings. A&T did nothing wrong when it decided to leave the MEAC. The Aggies alerted the conference in a timely manner, paid our exit fees, have had nothing but good things to say about the MEAC when asked for comment from the media...etc.
We didn't deserve a response because they had more pressing concerns and hard feelings.
Nah, that's not right...No matter what conference.
You should never treat anyone like they don't have options...because they do.
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