P12 - MWC

[McPeachy]

I counter you statement with this..."When has ANYTHING in the past 20 + years made ANY sense whatsoever...so far?"

I just honestly believe we'll be playing the Benedict 5 as conference mates again in a few years one way or another. Didn't say how.

I agree Wyokie, the move to add another G5 conference, will never net more $$ than what they will be paying out in fees and the settlement. Especially and particularly when it collapses in < 7 years.

And to think, these are business leaders making these decisions!! On second thought, maybe they aren't business leaders, but just your typical wasteful government employees, that are fine spending other peoples money.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

I counter you statement with this..."When has ANYTHING in the past 20 + years made ANY sense whatsoever...so far?"

I just honestly believe we'll be playing the Benedict 5 as conference mates again in a few years one way or another. Didn't say how.

You could be right. Who knows where this goes. I think the only relative clarity is at the top. They'll be able to afford to adjust to the new costs.

The biggest question marks is all of G6 and the bottom of the P4. Reality is that there are teams at the P4 level who may not be able to sustain that financially. They will be losing money plus getting their teeth kicked in because they can't afford to keep up with the big dogs.

Will 2 more levels develop in the G6/bottom of P4 or will they all merge into a single group? It's going to be interesting and certainly unpredictable at this point.

 

[Douglaspoke]

As a Wyoming fan, I want to win a conference that includes Arizona State, Arizona, Utah, BYU, and CSU. Something that we did in the past!!!

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Luke sure seems excited about the $7m per team - what a dolt.

It's appears to be nearly double what the MWC schools stand to receive. The sad thing is that the MWC would have received roughly that $7 million amount had it stayed together and there would have been no need for the Benedict 5 to pay the exit fees. It ends up being a net loss for everyone for really only the benefit of Washington State and Oregon State and Texas State (or whatever 8th football member they find).

 

[McPeachy]

It's appears to be nearly double what the MWC schools stand to receive. The sad thing is that the MWC would have received roughly that $7 million amount had it stayed together and there would have been no need for the Benedict 5 to pay the exit fees. It ends up being a net loss for everyone for really only the benefit of Washington State and Oregon State and Texas State (or whatever 8th football member they find).

Exactly my point. They just spent more in exit fees than they will increase in media dollars (over the current MWC deal). A very poor business decision, but I guess they think that highly of themselves to do it anyway.

 

[PorkerPoke]

Exactly my point. They just spent more in exit fees than they will increase in media dollars (over the current MWC deal). A very poor business decision, but I guess they think that highly of themselves to do it anyway.

Exactly.

As long as the MWC doesn’t give the pee12 a windfall of spending money, the media deal may sound really great but there are a lot of other expenses to absorb starting a new conference.

Someone (Paul Finebaum) who is basically a voice of the SEC stated it this way. “Paul Finebaum has criticized the recent additions to the Pac-12, referring to the conference as a "collection of rejects and misfits." He believes that the Pac-12's attempts to regain relevance are not impressive and doubts any significant changes will occur within the major college football conferences soon.

Simple pee12 traitor math:

$7 million x 6 years = $42 million (media)
$3 million x 6 years = $18 million (exit fees)
Net after 6 years is $24 million or $4 million per year.

Simple MWC math for Wyoming:

$4 million x 6 years = $24 million (media)
Add $14-18 million in exit/poaching fee collection is $38-42 million or up to $7 million per year equivalent.

They are thinking the pee12 logo is valuable on name only and they think it means they are going to be automatically added as a direct participant in the CFP. Finebaum addressed that ideology very tactfully.