I think this is a win for the MWC. This move means we played hardball with the Pac2 remnants and wanted them to join with full membership and they didn't want to join then split up the $$ so we said sure, you can play football with us for 2 years, but you either join or lose your best bet for football relevance. There's no value in basketball for TV, it's all about football and MWC is the better of the remaining G5s to join to try and continue the P5 conversation... the WCC offers them nothing but a place to park their other sports
Responding to a couple of posts here.
What could/should we have done? Make a full court press to do the reverse merger with you guys. All of you. All sports. Next year. At some point, the Mnt West is just going to give us the finger and we'll have to go beg the Big Sky to take us. You all threw us a lifeline and we now treat you like a red-headed stepchild. (No offense reds, I like red-headed girls - ahem - women)
Your comment
(above) about splitting up the money - what do you mean? I believe that we are paying the MW for the FB arrangement, out of this unknown PAC $ that we and OSU will supposedly get. We are expected to buy our way into a merger? Thank Gawd the judge in our case against the traitors was heard in our county and is a Coug. And the AG that wanted a review by our Supreme Court is a mutt.
And never been to any of them, but I've seen a few of those HS-sized gyms on TV that some of those WCC teams play in. Ours holds 11,000. Volleyball plays in our old gym that seats around 3,000.
I think this is the most idiotic move WSU and OSU could make. The WCC? That will really enhance our pathetic hopes that the Big 12 will take us. They aren't. WCC isn't even G5. WTF are they? G=nothing? Our President is an idiot, our AD is an idiot, and rumor has it that he contributed to our highly successful, lifetime Washington State and Coug volleyball coach bailing to toothless West Virgina because they didn't get along.
Next we have the looming budget cut issue. Having no idea how much we will get out of the PAC because apparently we have no one at the PAC offices that can wield a calculator. My board patrons think we will cut Head Coaches salaries. What? And how the F does almost the whole Mtn West operate profitable programs with pretty near all of you having less revenue than us? Our mountain of debt from our stadium remodel and Football-only building doesn't help I guess.
I'm a little snarly this morning. I'm sure none of you can tell.
Oh one last comment. The whole P5 vs G5 thing just slays me. Yes, the P5 gets a bigger slice of playoff money, and I believe a bigger portion of NCAA distributions. BS. Our latest fantasy, now that FSU and others are rumored to be leaving the ACC (to go where?) i to form some coast to coast league with them. I guess dragging a few of you with us. F-that. FSU has a right to be pissed about being shunned by the playoff committee in favor of 2 one loss teams. Why is that the ACC's fault? Clemson has never gotten shunned. Oh but let's jump to the SEC or BIG and be 3rd or 4th fiddle to Alabama, Michigan, etc.