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PickMyAxe915 said:
There's a lot he can do to prepare for a potential presentation. Call up donors, get a plan together to present to potential conferences, call each of these potential conferences, etc.

It is up to the conference to decide whether to invite utep or not. But utep has an impressive campus and I think senter should be trying to get one of these conferences to come visit the campus. There has been a lot of academic growth over the years. R1 research institution. Senter needs to find some money to invest into the athletics. Either potential conference could be a game changer for utep athletics. The MWC is the more likely option, but Senter should shoot his shot with the PAC as well.
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Really Senter’s main job here is to call the other ADs from other schools, but mainly to shake the donor tree as much as he can to secure as much funding as he can for the potential buyout.

Have any other donors received a call yet? I haven’t, but I know I am pretty low on the list compared to guys like Foster and Hunt
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chuwy9 said:
Question.....is it possible that during the course of the legal proceedings between PAC and MWC that they realize they're both being stupid and they say "F*ck it, let's merge"? Or has that ship sailed?

I hope UTEP gets in......but I'm expecting the absolute worst.
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From what I understand, there are two issues. First is that the PAC (whatever) has a massive war chest from the exit fees that were already paid by departing members and they didn’t/don’t want to share it with the “bottom feeders” of the MWC.

Second issue is if the MWC merges with the PAC, they lose the exit fee money FSU/USU/SDSU/BSU/CSU paid.

Too much money for a merger to happen
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kickballpro said:
I have no doubt that Senter has been in contact with the PAC12 and MWC and has Wilson's approval in hand. There is no way that the negotiations haven't happened.

Like Natty has said 500 times, its not ultimately Senter's call, but Wilson is the final signature and the only one that can sign on the dotted line and write the Checks.

But they have to wait and see if all current MWC teams sign the agreement today to the fee structure . If anyone on the MWC side decides to jump ship then it will fall apart. So Senter and Wilson have to play the waiting game and not jump the gun. Once that agreement is signed, then they will leave CUSA.
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If UTEP gets in, it's because Wilson putting UTEP way ahead in R&D and greatly enhancing UTEP's Tier 1 footprint. You all are not giving it any stock but it's a big freaking deal in conference talks and it was a top requirement to get in the former PAC12. Utah got in a few years back not just they greatly improved in athletics all around and had massive capital improvements to their stadium but the state literally poured money into them being a top health R&D university. (Yes, they did not want BYU getting in as well had a lot to do with it).
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kickballpro said:
I have no doubt that Senter has been in contact with the PAC12 and MWC and has Wilson's approval in hand. There is no way that the negotiations haven't happened.

Like Natty has said 500 times, its not ultimately Senter's call, but Wilson is the final signature and the only one that can sign on the dotted line and write the Checks.

But they have to wait and see if all current MWC teams sign the agreement today to the fee structure . If anyone on the MWC side decides to jump ship then it will fall apart. So Senter and Wilson have to play the waiting game and not jump the gun. Once that agreement is signed, then they will leave CUSA.
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It still won’t fall apart, unless the Pac takes almost everyone. If the Pac takes 1 or 2 more, the MWC will still try and make a go of it. At least $17M incoming from anyone else that leaves.
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I have no doubt that Senter has been in contact with the PAC12 and MWC and has Wilson's approval in hand. There is no way that the negotiations haven't happened.

Like Natty has said 500 times, its not ultimately Senter's call, but Wilson is the final signature and the only one that can sign on the dotted line and write the Checks.

But they have to wait and see if all current MWC teams sign the agreement today to the fee structure . If anyone on the MWC side decides to jump ship then it will fall apart. So Senter and Wilson have to play the waiting game and not jump the gun. Once that agreement is signed, then they will leave CUSA.
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nattybry said:
Dude!!!!! Stop!!!! That’s not his call!!!! He can discuss it with Wilson, but he does not make that decision!!!
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There's a lot he can do to prepare for a potential presentation. Call up donors, get a plan together to present to potential conferences, call each of these potential conferences, etc.

It is up to the conference to decide whether to invite utep or not. But utep has an impressive campus and I think senter should be trying to get one of these conferences to come visit the campus. There has been a lot of academic growth over the years. R1 research institution. Senter needs to find some money to invest into the athletics. Either potential conference could be a game changer for utep athletics. The MWC is the more likely option, but Senter should shoot his shot with the PAC as well.
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