tlaing1 wrote:does this mean that if OU is into the LSA there will finally be a name change? it's long over due.
Thomas, don't you know that there have to be twice as many non-Texas teams as Texas teams before the name is changed. I mean c'mon, you act like the conference name is supposed to representative of all the conference's teams.
And before anyone offers up the "Who cares about the conference name when the conference performs so poorly out of conference" argument, realize this. Those two issues have NOTHING to do with one another. One is a conference issue for the conference leadership to deal with and the other is a competition issue that the individual teams must contend with. Is it a minor issue? Yes. But that does not mean that it lacks significance. Also, please refrain from the "Who cares", "But it sounds cool" and "If they don't like it, they can join another conference arguments." Those are all non-starters.
Correctness in a conference name has value in and of itself. The conference is not a "Lone Star Alliance." We are not an alliance of only Lone Star teams. That name excludes non-Texas teams. To be correct, our name should be the "Lone Star-Sportsman's Paradise-Sooner State Alliance." I wouldn’t think that anyone would like to use that monster as a conference name. People use geographical (i.e. SELC) and ambiguous conference names (i.e. Big 12) for a reason. They are simple, represent all the teams in the conference and are correct. There are plenty of options out there, and I'd like to see all the non-Texas teams put some pressure on the conference leadership to get it changed.
If you say LSSPSA in a rapid-fire talk, would it sound like "lspah"?
