Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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If the big brands leave and they have multiple spots to backfill, then the PAC and the MWC are merging or the PAC is dissolving. the PAC doesnt have the funds to pay exit fees and backfill without the big brands to at least boost an eventual media deal.
A diminished PAC 12 is probably still better than what ever conference those other schools are in. At least in a diminished PAC 12, there is the possibility they may still get a seat at the big boy table, which they don't get in their current conference. Additionally, they would have an opportunity to at least prove they can play at this level and maybe prove that they deserve a better media deal than what ever G5 conference they are currently in.
Yeah, it may not stick, but at least they get to have these benefits for a while with a chance at maintaining them.
I wished I saved this on a screen shot.
One day after OuT was announced, Chip Brown on Orangebloods had a headline “Big 12 needs to die“ (to save Texas the exit fees). Bwhaaaaabwahaaaa
One day after OuT was announced, Chip Brown on Orangebloods had a headline “Big 12 needs to die“ (to save Texas the exit fees). Bwhaaaaabwahaaaa
Queue up the CMC Fiesta Bowl locker room video “you guys went out and beat the FU@K out of Oregon!”
Don't disagree. But I would bet that the PAC would expand, only because of the brand name. Yeah, it's been drug through the mud the last year, but I believe the PAC is a better brand than the MWC.
As much as I hate Nebby, I can see Yormark giving them a call and Nebby thinks about it. If THAT happens, Big 10 starts to be a little shaky.
but you are paying or requiring the aquiring conference to pay a large exit fee.
-a team owes the MWC 34 million dollars in order to break the GOR
-houston, cinci, and UCF are paying 18 million each to the AAC to break theirs and join the big 12
-i am not sure about Conf USA but it has to be 7-8 figures
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I just don’t know what people have been watching for the past year that would lead them to be confident that the PAC can do anything at this point. Remember when they tried to expand like a few weeks ago? How did that go?
They’re not leaving the Big 10. 0% chance that happens.
Even if Oregon and Washington leave for the Big Ten at the next renewal, they add great value to the league while they're here. It's about making money and you might as well make the money now even if it isn't permanent.
Nebby won't leave. Why take less money?
And if they did... it wouldn't hurt the B1G at all. Heck, they might be happy about it?
this just doesnt work. they cant just do it becasue they want to. and if it was really the brand you are describing than they wouldnt be in this situation.
they simply dont have the money to do so without their big brands. they might keep the name PAC in their eventual merger with the MWC, but they are taking more than half the teams in the MWC at that point or whatever the threshold is for dissolving the conference.
Why would they think about it? There is no way they'll leave the Big 10. Heck, if the Big 10 called ISU today and asked them to join (which will never happen), ISU would say yes instantly and many of our fans would support it.
CUSA has a $1M exit fee. They got decimated last time and the only two schools that would even be close to attractive to anyone right now are UTEP (Mountain West) and Western Kentucky (Sun Belt).
It's basically a league that's a lifeline for FCS teams desperate to move up.
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