PROVIDENCE, RI –   The American Athletic Conference membership will gather for its annual meeting next week at the Grand Hyatt DFW in Dallas, Texas. Presidents, athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives from The American’s 13 member institutions, as well as Conference staff members, will attend the meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, May 30-31.
 
“I once again expect our meetings with our presidents, athletic directors, SWAs, FARs and Conference staff members to be extremely productive,” said American Commissioner Mike Aresco. “Our athletic directors, Conference staff and football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball coaches had excellent meetings last month in Phoenix and we will have another full agenda in Dallas. Conference topics to be discussed will include our upcoming media rights negotiations and future television and online strategies and the continuation and enhancement of our Power 6 branding campaign. NCAA-related topics will include the Commission on College Basketball’s recent report, the Transfer Working Group’s deliberations and the Supreme Court’s recent decision on sports wagering. We are pleased that Kevin Lennon, NCAA Vice President Division I Governance, will join us to discuss these issues and their implications for our Conference as well as the college community. Our faculty athletic representatives will also report on our second annual Academic Consortium meeting, which was held at the University of Central Florida in April.”
 
Several Conference committee appointments for the upcoming school year will be announced. In addition, two student-athletes from The American’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will attend the meeting and provide a review of their initiatives during the past school year and an update on future projects in 2018-19.
 
 
THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
The American Athletic Conference (The American), a member of the NCAA, was reconstituted in 2013. With the conference office in Providence, Rhode Island, The American is comprised of the following institutions: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Navy (in football only), USF, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa. Wichita State (basketball and Olympic sports) joined the Conference on July 1, 2017. Under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Aresco, The American sponsors 21 championships – 10 for men and 11 for women; is a member of the College Football Playoff; began new television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports in 2014; and has a marketing partnership with IMG College. For more information, please visit www.TheAmerican.org.