If I interpreted the article correctly, then the summary of the article is that consolidation needs to happen as a way to reduce travel costs. So again, if traveling two time zones away is now such a big deal, then why are we not in the MWC, where there are some schools actually located in our time zone. Yes, yes, I understand that the MWC has to want us, but this again gets back to the lack of vision from our current administration as they should have been doing everything possible to us get into the MWC, instead of having such a passive attitude, back when San Jose State was taken instead.
Also, why would two one-bid conferences want to join together, thus eliminating one bid to their schools. This now places 16 teams fighting eachother for one bid.