Interesting read...
http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/34396819
http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/34396819
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CUSA/MW could dissolve, form new conference
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Doesn't seem like they can agree on what exactly they want to do..
J-Rod
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Clearly AQ status is going away.....if that's the case, why not just scrap this crap and everyone go back to your respective corners? Neither conference/division will ever contend for a BCS bowl game, if those even exist after 2014. This seems forced and pointless. Only positive I see is the possible end of the MWC's T.V. debacle. The conference would erode even more if that thing continued past 2014.Wyokie said:
fromolwyoming
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That's the main reason why they're doing this, is to get a new tv deal.J-Rod said:
Notice how the schools are not talking about the loss of an automatic bid to the Big Dance either.
This is a mistake. The idea of a joint venture for the football participants that match up the top team from each side for an overall champion on the championship Saturday in December made sense.
Other than some agreement to jointly arrange a non-conference game, I do not want to see CUSA teams (other than UTEP) during the conference season of any sport.
I think the arrangement that the B1G and the Pac12 seem to be working on looks like a model worth looking at. Of course we should not be surprised to leagues that include Stanford and Michigan would approach this in a more thoughtful manner.
I would send an email to the powers-that-be at UW urging reevaluation if I had access to email addresses.
In Laramie, I suspect that getting the league affiliation wrong will actually decrease fan interest and, unlike some schools, the demand for tickets is much more elastic. We do not maintain the interest of paying fans if we have the wrong schedule, unlike the SEC. Our partners around the MWC are in much the same boat. The inclusion of East Carolina probably does not help us much.
This is a mistake. The idea of a joint venture for the football participants that match up the top team from each side for an overall champion on the championship Saturday in December made sense.
Other than some agreement to jointly arrange a non-conference game, I do not want to see CUSA teams (other than UTEP) during the conference season of any sport.
I think the arrangement that the B1G and the Pac12 seem to be working on looks like a model worth looking at. Of course we should not be surprised to leagues that include Stanford and Michigan would approach this in a more thoughtful manner.
I would send an email to the powers-that-be at UW urging reevaluation if I had access to email addresses.
In Laramie, I suspect that getting the league affiliation wrong will actually decrease fan interest and, unlike some schools, the demand for tickets is much more elastic. We do not maintain the interest of paying fans if we have the wrong schedule, unlike the SEC. Our partners around the MWC are in much the same boat. The inclusion of East Carolina probably does not help us much.
More from the LVRJ: http://www.lvrj.com/sports/mwc-c-usa-work-on-merger-137372158.html
