Mountain West: The Conference That Refused To Die

[WYOFLETCH]

The Conference That Refused To Die

By Luke Fletcher Ft Collins, Co When the Pac-12 came for the Mountain West, most people around college athletics assumed the outcome was already decided. Five schools were leaving. The conference l…

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[evilpoke]

Where did you get the distribution numbers from?

 

[Bear Claw]

Still rubs me the wrong way that UNLV and AFA get the biggest pieces of the pie.

 

[PorkerPoke]

Still rubs me the wrong way that UNLV and AFA get the biggest pieces of the pie.

We are fortunate to have been included in the second tier of financial distribution. Imagine if it was prorated based on student population numbers. Wyoming only beats Alaska.

In our case it was touted as a financial windfall which when you give the alternative any thought isn’t exactly untrue.

We are firmly in the have nots group of the FBS.

 

[WYOFLETCH]

We are fortunate to have been included in the second tier of financial distribution. Imagine if it was prorated based on student population numbers. Wyoming only beats Alaska.

In our case it was touted as a financial windfall which when you give the alternative any thought isn’t exactly untrue.

We are firmly in the have nots group of the FBS.

Well when you consider that Wyoming was only getting $1M for TV in 2020. They did not get the increase until 2021 (https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/re...rights-deal-with-cbs-fox-here-are-the-details). This new deal after losing 5 members essentially keeps the MWC together and keeps the same media dollars. Life could be worse, AFA could have went to the AAC, and UNLV to the PAC12 and Wyoming and the rest could have headed to CUSA. CUSA would have been bad as they only pay around $3M in total distribution and their TV deal is like 880K per team per year and they play during the mid week.

 

[WYOFLETCH]

We are fortunate to have been included in the second tier of financial distribution. Imagine if it was prorated based on student population numbers. Wyoming only beats Alaska.

In our case it was touted as a financial windfall which when you give the alternative any thought isn’t exactly untrue.

We are firmly in the have nots group of the FBS.

ALL G6 are have nots (AAC, MW, PAC12, SBC, CUSA, MAC) Some would even say the ACC and the BIG12 are have nots, but lets look at FY 24 (2023-24 season) per team payouts by G5 confs {MWC is better then most}

AAC (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/510244593/202531359349307003/full)
$11M - Memphis
$10.8M - Tulane
$10.3M - SMU
$10.3M - USF
$9.6M - ECU
$9.6M - Temple
$9.6M - Tulsa
$7.3M - Navy
$4.9M - UTSA
$4.8M - Rice
$4.3M - FAU
$4.2M - UAB
$4.2M - Charlotte
$4.2M - N. Texas
$3.2M - Wichita St

MWC (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/841472434/202501359349315455/full)
$12.8M - SDSU
$8.6M - Boise St
$7M - San Jose St
$6.7M - Wyoming
$6.7M- Utah St
$6.7M - UNLV
$6.6M - AFA
$6.6M - Fresno St
$6.2M - New Mexico
$6.2M - Colorado St
$6.1M - Neveda
$2.1M - Hawaii

CUSA (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/364021594)
$6.4M - Liberty
$4.7M - WKU
$4.1M - Jax St
$3.9M - NMSU
$3.4M - Louisiana Tech
$3.3M - FIU
$3.3M - UTEP
$3.2M - MTSU
$ 3M - Sam Houston St

MAC (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/310682486/202541349349301114/full)
$3.1M - TOLEDO
$2.8M - Ohio
$2.7M - EASTERN MICHIGAN
$ 2.7M - MIAMI (OH)
$2.7M - NIU
$2.5M - Bowling Green
$2.4M - Akron
$2.1M - Kent St
$2.1M - Ball St
$2.1M - Buffalo
$ 2M - Central Michigan
$ 2M - Western Michigan

SBC (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/582085078/202500699349301070/full)
$1.8M - LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE
$1.7M - LOUISIANA MONROE
$1.7M - APP ST
$1.7M - ARKANSAS ST
$1.7M - COASTAL CAROLINA
$1.7M - GEORGIA SOUTHERN
$1.7M - GEORGIA STATE
$1.7M - MARSHALL
$1.7M - TEXAS ST
$1.7M - TROY
$1.7M - SOUTH ALABAMA
$1.7M - SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
$1.7M - OLD DOMINION
$ 934K - JAMES MADISON