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I thought this was something interesting, that I hadn't seen pointed out before:
https://www.deseretnews.com/article...5-million-payments-from-Fresno-St-Nevada.html

"As for the termination date, WAC Bylaws make it very clear that Fresno State and Nevada must remain in the WAC through the 2011-12 season unless the WAC authorizes an 'early out.'" [said Benson]
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I'm not sure of everything that implies, but it seems extremely significant. The WAC has a little bit of leverage remaining, apparently.
 
Is this a typo?

https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/50190862-77/conference-byu-wac-benson.html.csp
The conference also continues to insist that Fresno and Nevada must remain in the league through the 2012-13 academic year.

Both schools have informed the WAC that they intend to leave after the 2011-12 season.
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I thought the schools had informed the WAC they intend to leave after this season (2010-11), and that (as per the previous post) the WAC was trying to get them to stay through the 2011-12 season.
 
I don't think BYU will have any problem filling out their schedule. ESPN alone will take care of several games every year by matching up other high profile teams against BYU just like they brokered the Oklahoma game last year. As long as BYU remains a respectable program they'll have the games.

I haven't heard but is the MWC placing any sort of moratorium on MWC teams playing BYU?
 
Marcus said:
I haven't heard but is the MWC placing any sort of moratorium on MWC teams playing BYU?
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Is that even legal? I'm sure certain teams, TCU for example, certainly aren't going to play us anymore for sure based on their reactions to the previous movement to the WAC fail.
 
I don't really see a downside to this move by BYU. They will most likely have at minimum the same schedule strength and probably stronger. They won't be on ESPN more often and make more money. The WCC should be just fine for hoops. Gonzaga has done just fine there.
 
colton said:
Is this a typo?

https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/50190862-77/conference-byu-wac-benson.html.csp


I thought the schools had informed the WAC they intend to leave after this season (2010-11), and that (as per the previous post) the WAC was trying to get them to stay through the 2011-12 season.
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I'm certain that's an error on the writer's part. No way the WAC can make Fresno and Nevada stay for 3 seasons. Both Fresno and Nevada have said it's either 2011 or 2012.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Nah... They are in a way better conference than the WAC (TCU is still there) and the best teams from the WAC are coming with them.

It would suck to be Utah State though...
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Was just going to say this. They definitely aren't as happy as they would have been with Utah and BYU, but they are still in a much better conference now.

Utah St. might come out of this alright too if the MWC wants to keep at least a part of the Utah market. Probably a pipe dream on their part though.
 
Be honest BYU fans, a year ago (or even a few months ago) if some random Ute fan told you that Utah was joining the PAC 10, and BYU would try to join the WAC, fail, and end up joining the WCC, would you have considered that a good thing for BYU?
 
I wonder if BYU leaving really breaks up the MWC TV contract as has been reported. I tend to doubt it though, because I think more (or any for that matter) concessions would have been made to keep BYU. If that's the case, I can live with BYU leaving as a Fresno fan.
 
calijazz said:
I wonder if BYU leaving really breaks up the MWC TV contract as has been reported. I tend to doubt it though, because I think more (or any for that matter) concessions would have been made to keep BYU. If that's the case, I can live with BYU leaving as a Fresno fan.
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There has been so much change that there almost has to be a new tv deal negotiated.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
I don't really see a downside to this move by BYU.
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The biggest downside for BYU is that I doubt they'll ever get whiff of a BCS Bowl as an independent. Had they stayed in the MWC, there's always that possibility of going undefeated, winning the conference title and getting the at-large bid. There was also a chance of gaining AQ status had they stayed in the MWC.

I just don't see them putting a schedule together that leads to an undefeated independent season that get's them ranked high enough at the end of the year.

BYU is going to have a higher profile, be seen on ESPN, get their local TV market back and make more $$$$, but they're also going to be farther away from the BCS then they've ever been. Does that get Cougar fans excited?
 
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