I’d be surprised if NIU came alone and I haven’t seen anyone mention St Mary’s is interested in leaving the WCC. I think it would be great if the MWC reached out to them though. Do they want to dominate the WCC now or is the league now a lot weaker because Gonzaga is leaving?
They are located to far away from the footprint. They need to move their Campus to the West.
They fly to 4 football games per year and then 4 other MWC teams would fly there. UTEP will fly to UNLV, Wyoming, and vice versa. What’s the difference?
And we already added one school that lowered our brand value…no offense to you all.
All time bowl appearances:
Oh? Lay it out for me then.
It would take too long to explain why the changes in the landscape are happening and how none of that matters. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the model. Check out the Dunning-Kruger effect
I see. Why would the MWC want those teams then? They probably got input from their tv partners and their representatives for those negotiations right? Gloria didn’t pull these names out of thin air.
With Hawaii in the conference it’s the same shit. Just about same distance from Hawaii to Las Vegas than Las Vegas to Toledo.
Yup. Once you get on a plane, it is the same shit pretty much. Football only isn’t a big deal, for all sports it is a big deal.
N. Illinois is near Chicago… so…. yeah that’s easier to get to for Utep than many of the other MWC schools.
So who should the MWC add them? I don't think we have a lot of choices at this point?
Dang all over the place here.
Ultimately Endeavor (and possible media partners) is in the MWC's (Gloria's) ear over all of this. I think the MWC should add SHSU and/or TSU to get into the central time zone and expand further into Texas. But NIU and Toledo are better brands and are bigger "markets" overall. Huntsville and Stephenville are within range to Houston and DFW, respectively. If the MWC is exploring with NIU and Toledo, it's because it'll help expand the value of the new media contract. Do whatever it takes to make as much $$$ as possible.
So far the MWC has lost Boise, Utah St, San Diego St, Colorado St, and Fresno. Then replaced them with UTEP and the other half of Hawaii. You think that the replacement options will get better?
Im saying there is no options because we aren’t two of the 70
But there are still options for the MWC, just because you don’t like them, doesn’t mean there aren’t options. Especially when you call two mildly successful programs “garbage”, even though they are like Notre Dame when comparing to UNLV football.
You don’t understand the value of what goes into a media deal or how these guys look at a market.
I do understand, maybe you don’t. Again, why would Gloria ask to speak with them, if they didn’t add value?
The problem with 9, is that one team is always off and if you add one team, that is an extra game of tv inventory you have.
You see his point, but that is his point only. If the MWC’s media partners want them to add teams, then they’re going to try to add them. They won’t be added for free either. So the notion that 10 teams are going to split the 8 teams pot, is false. They will split a pot for 10 teams. If NIU and Toledo are added, they will be paid to do so.
I also agree with your points in the second 2 paragraphs. The great news is that this is a complexed issue and I don't have to solve it. Hopefully she has enough foresight to make the correct decision.
NIU and Toledo also haven’t come out and shit on the idea yet and Brett McMurphy mentioned last night in his Hawaii article, which tells you both sides are still interested.
No AAC school is paying $10M and that’s with a 27 month notice, to join UTEP and Wyoming.
