id $475,000 with West keeping $25,000 for his services. West also defended Bryant in the domestic violence case involving Bryants

NEW ORLEANS -- Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson wont rule out Big 12 expansion plans affecting his own conference. Cheap Swell Bottles .Still, Benson called the Sun Belts planned membership perfect in terms of geography, and he stressed that he envisions a period of stability in which member institutions will enjoy budding regional rivalries and see their football programs prosper.I truly hope that we can focus on 2016, what we know, what we can control, what we can achieve -- and not get bogged down in speculation and rumors about conference membership, Benson said Monday in his state-of-the-Sun Belt address at the conferences annual preseason football media day. Obviously, if the Big 12 or SEC or ACC made that phone call to a Sun Belt president or chancellor, he or she would be foolish not to have that discussion.However, Ive said more than once that I will know that the Sun Belt has reached a level of sustainability and stability when a phone call comes from the president or chancellor of one of the Sun Belts peer conferences to a Sun Belt president or chancellor, and the answer will be, Thank you very much, but my university is very happy where we are. Thats exactly where I believe the Sun Belt is today.Football-only members Idaho and New Mexico State are leaving the Sun Belt after 2017. Coastal Carolina, now in transition from the NCAAs Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision, becomes a full football member in 2018. At that point, the Sun Belt will have 10 teams in seven Southern states: Alabama (South Alabama and Troy), Arkansas (Arkansas State), Georgia (Georgia Southern and Georgia State), Louisiana (Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe), North Carolina (Appalachian State), South Carolina (Coastal Carolina) and Texas (Texas State).All you have to do is look at the map, Benson said. Its perfect, it works and we believe in long run it will allow the Sun Belt to grow and thrive and prosper.Stability is something the Sun Belt, now entering its 16th season as a Division I FBS conference, hasnt had in a while. Five teams -- North Texas, Middle Tennessee, Florida International, Florida Atlantic and Western Kentucky -- have left the Sun Belt since 2013. Since then, Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State have joined, while longtime member South Alabama moved up to FBS in football and Coastal Carolina joined with its football upgrade now in progress.But Benson hopes the Sun Belt will begin a new era of stability by 2018, when the league also will host its inaugural championship game.Benson has said the conference likely would be split into two five-team divisions, with each division winner meeting in the title game. But as of Monday, he said the conference still has not decided whether it wants to go that route, or simply have every team play once -- meaning nine league games -- with the top two meeting in what would be a rematch for the championship. The difficulty with the latter option is that it would limit teams to three non-league games.Without finalizing it, it appears that we would be headed toward the divisions just because we have so many game contracts that go beyond 2018 that call for a fourth non-conference games, Benson said. If we made the decision to eventually go to a single division and play nine conference games, it would take several years to phase that in.This season, the Sun Belt will have tie-ins to five bowl games, with the newest being the Arizona Bowl in Tucson. The league also has agreements with the New Orleans, GoDaddy (Mobile, Alabama), Camellia (Montgomery, Alabama) and Cure (Orlando, Florida) bowls.Benson applauded member institutions for financial commitments in the form of stadium and practice facility improvements in recent years, and said those investments have paid off in the form of growing exposure and revenues for the league.While stopping short of getting into specifics, Benson said Sun Belt revenues have increased tenfold in the past three years, meaning that member institutions now receive distributions exceeding $1 million annually from the league.Benson also reaffirmed his commitment to a strategy he stressed a year ago of scheduling fewer non-conference games against BCS programs and more against peer conferences, even though that path effectively reduces individual programs revenues by cutting back on the number of big paydays they could get from playing at BCS schools.This season, the Sun Belt is reducing BCS opponents by two while playing two more non-league games against similar mid-major programs.That strategy is working, Benson said. Thats the model, thats the non-conference strategy that we need, to allow our football programs and our student athletes an opportunity to succeed, an opportunity to achieve, an opportunity to rise in standings, rise in the polls.---AP College Football: http://collegefootball.ap.org Swell Water Bottle Wholesale . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Discount Swell Bottles . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. http://www.swellbottlesale.com/ . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. The drama between Texas State Sen. Royce West and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is continuing to build from suits and countersuits, with West asking a court to bring sanctions against Bryant and his counsel.In addition to having his legal fees paid, West is asking for a $500,000 contribution to the United Negro College Fund by Bryant and the receivers counsel, as well as calling for Bryants countersuit to be withdrawn.Bryants counsel from Reed Smith LLP responded to the sanctions filing by asking the court to quash a potential deposition of attorney Kenneth Broughton and bring a protective order based on attorney/client privilege. In court documents, Broughton called it harassing litigation, designed to deny Bryant proper counsel as well as his day in court.West initially filed suit against Bryant in June, seeking between $100,000 and $200,000 for damages to a home Bryant rented in DeSoto, Texas, from West after it required nearly $60,000 in repairs.?Bryant began renting the 6,400-square-foot mansion in August 2013 from West.Bryant answered with a countersuit in July, claiming West and David Wells, a former adviser and mentor who has worked with a number of Cowboys in the past, stole more than $200,000 in marketing deals and other arrangements. Cheap Swell Traveler. As part of the countersuit, Bryants legal team claims that Wells led Bryant to West. But West contends he did not start working with Bryant until 2009 at Wells request when the receiver was fighting to regain his eligibility at Oklahoma State.According to Wests filing, he helped resolve a lawsuit in which Bryant owed more than $600,000 in jewelry, tickets and other loans. Bryant eventually paid $475,000 with West keeping $25,000 for his services. West also defended Bryant in the domestic violence case involving Bryants mother in which a plea agreement was reached in 2012.Bryant and West had the following text message exchange on June 22:Bryant: I wish you thought about it before you thought it was a smart idea to go after me.West: I wish you had personally come to me to discuss the damages done to the house.Bryant: Naw, its to [sic] late for that ... How can you forget about all of the [expletive] yall put me through ... I left that (expletive) along (sic) because I wanted to forget about it ... I no longer have sympathy for yall people ... Just know you started this. 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