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Pac MW settlement

WYOFLETCH said:
That said, I don't think anyone truly "won" this situation. The biggest win would have been finding a way to have Washington State and Oregon State join the Mountain West; whether through a reverse merger or another arrangement that combined media value while preserving the Pac-12's NCAA units. It feels like pride on all sides prevented that outcome.
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Arrogant Oregon St was never going to let that happen.
 
laxwyo said:
whats wild, and this anecdotal, is that I only ever see beav fans out thumping their chest about all this. I'm sure there's some cougar fans too but man, the beav fans stick out a ton on X
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Oregon State and it's dumbassed ego and the PAC-XX commish wanting to keep her job at any cost are the only reasons the merger never happened. I honestly believe Wazzu woulda been o.k. with a merger.
 
Wyokie said:
Oregon State and it's dumbassed ego and the PAC-XX commish wanting to keep her job at any cost are the only reasons the merger never happened. I honestly believe Wazzu woulda been o.k. with a merger.
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I guess I feel like Gloria Nevarez, who got her contract extended for another 4 years during this mess, is equally to blame. Maybe it's my own perception, but I recall hearing "my experience as a lawyer" way too many times during this shitshow. She was a summer associate for a hand full of months before moving into collegiate athletics. That does not present a whole lot of litigation experience or real-world legal know how outside the ivory towers. And sorry, she's had more jobs than most people I know...like 9. Some with very short tenures.

She got totally worked by Theresa Gould and 2 weak PAC schools. Cutting through it all, we have a weaker make-no-sense conference and everyone outside of MWC knows it. At this point, I wish the MWC could use some of the cash to help Montana and Montana State to make the jump. Maybe in time that would be a cool "make-sense" conference. Not a big fan of brining on board a bunch of FCS schools, but having flagship schools from Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, in a conference at least makes some regional sense (forget about time zone revenue). Hawaii, UTEP an NIU is just silly and I'd be laughing if I were a PAC fan.

And for everyone blaming the lawyers and calling them profiteers, I totally get it. The only thing worse than lawyers are their uninformed clients with unreasonable expectations.

I love Wyoming sports, I will support the Pokes, but a merger should have happened. Gloria and MWC failed.
 
Midwest Cowboy said:
I guess I feel like Gloria Nevarez, who got her contract extended for another 4 years during this mess, is equally to blame. Maybe it's my own perception, but I recall hearing "my experience as a lawyer" way too many times during this shitshow. She was a summer associate for a hand full of months before moving into collegiate athletics. That does not present a whole lot of litigation experience or real-world legal know how outside the ivory towers. And sorry, she's had more jobs than most people I know...like 9. Some with very short tenures.

She got totally worked by Theresa Gould and 2 weak PAC schools. Cutting through it all, we have a weaker make-no-sense conference and everyone outside of MWC knows it. At this point, I wish the MWC could use some of the cash to help Montana and Montana State to make the jump. Maybe in time that would be a cool "make-sense" conference. Not a big fan of brining on board a bunch of FCS schools, but having flagship schools from Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, in a conference at least makes some regional sense (forget about time zone revenue). Hawaii, UTEP an NIU is just silly and I'd be laughing if I were a PAC fan.

And for everyone blaming the lawyers and calling them profiteers, I totally get it. The only thing worse than lawyers are their uninformed clients with unreasonable expectations.

I love Wyoming sports, I will support the Pokes, but a merger should have happened. Gloria and MWC failed.
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I tend to agree with this.

In my opinion, the PAC had the upper hand the entire time, and the MWC failed to recognize that. The MWC's BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) was to backfill the conference with low level FBS and FCS programs and to get a moderate cash infusion after a protracted legal battle. Taking a long-term view, that isn't a very strong BATNA.

I wish the MWC would have been willing to yield a little up front in order to make a merger happen. Long-term, it was the best outcome for the conference, but that probably would have been framed as a "loss" for the MWC in the media. Egos get in the way and this is what you end up with.
 
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