Start at the 2:30 mark.
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Agree.
Hey thanks. Geez I wish we had this guy. No BS, willing to give details, etc. Talking about travel costs, etc. etc. And you were right - it wasn't a "no", it was a no to our pathetic offer. I'll have to come back and watch the entirety of the clip.Start at the 2:30 mark.
Everything Memphis AD Ed Scott said about decision to decline Pac-12 invitation
Memphis athletic director met with local media members Thursday to discuss the school's decision to reject an invitation to join the Pac-12.
Small college town, trendy and vibrant, with an active night life, including multiple venues hosting live music nightly. Home prices less than half that of Socal, comparable to Pullman. Frankly, Oxford is everything you wish Pullman was as a college town, but isn't, a place people come to spend the weekend for its own sake, apart from SEC football. Visited college towns with an eye retiring to one, Oxford was the clear winner for me.If UNLV ends up staying with the Mtn West, it could be a silver lining. We could continue to hold our championships in Sin City, making it a neutral site game for both teams, and getting both fan bases to travel to what many consider a desirable destination. Keeping that option and adding schools that are arguably better then UNLV can end up being a win-win situation.
EDIT: BTW, why did you pick Oxford MS to retire to? Cost of living, family, witness protection program?
Of course there is nothing from our leadership. Other than entertaining you, what would be the point? They're trying to build a conference and have increased the membership by 3.5x.
At this point I don't think they need to hurry to add another team. Making decisions in a panic is never a good idea. The pac 12 needs to figure out the dollar number they can promise other schools before they go any further. You got 7, just need one more. First thing is how much do we actually owe the MWC, I thought it was silly suing them since we agreed to exit fees and poaching fees. However in speaking to a legal expert on this, he claims the Pac has a legitimate issue, which could reduce those poaching fees. Next you go to the networks, here are our 7 teams, what's it worth? if we add ? or ? Or ? what is it worth? They can get some pretty close dollar numbers with that. Once you're done counting money, you then you go to market with the money you have in your pocket, and offer teams, and what happens then only time will tell. If a team can net more money, after travel costs, by joining Pac-7 they will, if they can't they won't. I'd like to think, with all the consultants they hired they were given some numbers that will be reliable down the road, or this whole exercise in keeping the Pac 12 as a league was a waste of time.
That part should already be done. I don't see CSU, SDSU, BSU, FSU and USU joining without that.
Probably, yes. At least a soft number that showed that with those schools the Pac-12 value > MWC value. But the final conference member will have some impact on turning that soft number into a real number. It's also apparent that whatever that soft number was, it wasn't high enough to justify the AAC exit fees for Memphis, and it was overcome by a one-time $20M payment to UNLV.
Hey, you ain't fooling us with that. Of course housing/cost of living is a given, but we can see that you really are going there to perv on the hot, drunken, southern belle college girls!
It’s short sited to look at their history. History is littered with teams that rose up from the dead to have championship teams and huge followings. Look at Miami. They almost axed their program back in the late 70s/early 80s. They got some talent and swagger and went on to be a national power. I could see UNLV doing the same thing. If they found some overnight success with the right coach and a couple of stars, and were in a major conference, people with money would come out of the woodwork…there’s a lot of money in Vegas. They have one of the best stadiums in CFB. It just has to be a cool ticket, which can happen in one season in a place like Vegas.
A "brilliant performance"? Ok buddy, let's go with that. The rest of the country thinks we have totally f-ed up by not doing the merger. But don't mind them. Teresa gets to keep her job, which is the only thing that matters.
The rest of the country thinks the Pac-12 totally f-up by not offering UNLV in the first place and making a legitimate offer to Tulane/Memphis/UTSA.
Nevada is a million times better option than Sac St. why is Texas St so critical? Up until this realignment I had no idea it was a real program, I just thought they were a fake team that had Kathy Ireland as a kicker
See CBS's take below.
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Oh Mik.
Oh Mik, I forgot one thing. How can NDSU have dominated the FCS for 50 years, when they have only been D1-AA/FCS for 20 years? That's some fancy math there buddy.
Dave, I kinda think I like you. But not being able to spell Wazzu (it's not Wazzo) on a WSU board sort of raises red flags.
See CBS's take below.
And Flat, please explain this "financial ruin". According to CBS, we'll be lucky to get $10M in a new TV deal. As opposed to what - let's just say $5M in a PacMtn conference. So we'll pay how much to get them? The $55M in poaching (if you think our lawsuit has ANY chance I feel sorry for you) plus how much in exit fees did we promise? So figure 5 years of our half of the $55M just to break even in the poaching $. Plus exit fees, plus whatever else we end up paying.
Conference realignment's frenetic pace reaffirms Pac-12, Mountain West should have merged all along
CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd dives into the latest realignment news as the dust settles from a recent shakeup
And there's more:
See CBS's take below.
And Flat, please explain this "financial ruin". According to CBS, we'll be lucky to get $10M in a new TV deal. As opposed to what - let's just say $5M in a PacMtn conference. So we'll pay how much to get them? The $55M in poaching (if you think our lawsuit has ANY chance I feel sorry for you) plus how much in exit fees did we promise? So figure 5 years of our half of the $55M just to break even in the poaching $. Plus exit fees, plus whatever else we end up paying.
Conference realignment's frenetic pace reaffirms Pac-12, Mountain West should have merged all along
CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd dives into the latest realignment news as the dust settles from a recent shakeup
And there's more:
Agreed. Watching Kansas State Oklahoma State for a bit on Saturday was sad. That conference is a perfect fit for WSU and OSU and would have been a fun conference to be a part of, and we’d have added a lot of value to the conference. Such a no brainer.
The MW did it (keep it a secret) with 8 schools when they fled the WAC. Although from what I've read the conversation was "President's only".
Ok, $2 more million a year. Yes that saves us from this "financial ruin" you speak of. Only 4 years, not 5, to pay off the poaching fees. Still not counting exit fee promises. Thanks for the clarification.
