I won’t give a cent to this and I won’t spend a second watching them play high schools for the next decade

Given the options and our current athletic dept debt this isn’t a bad next step at least for the next year or so. PAC wasn’t offering to pay our exit fee which we couldn’t afford and it’s not like Harp’s phone was ringing off the hook from other conferences. I just hope we didn’t have to make a long term (2+ years) commitment to the MWC. If UNLV Football continues its trajectory and MBB can show some life (🙏🏼) we could be well positioned for a strong move down the road. At worst we’re the dominant program in the MWC with an annual shot of making a run for the playoffs. Keep a healthy schedule of P4 opponents, attract some strong TV draw games to Allegiant (many power teams will want to give their fans a trip to Vegas), and most of just keep winning and we’ll be ok.

caleco's said:

isnt he riding the pine at USC sv starting for you guys? Does most of your NIL go to hoops and not football?

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Come on..all our boosters from the 80’s are old and dead.

Ain’t no one giving Sluka a 100,000 raise lol

Rosegreen1 said:

Depends. Our tv deal ends in 2025-26, if the MW plays it right they could entice big market teams with bonuses as we got to hold them over until the new tv contract kicks in.

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Could.
Might.
If this
If that

Just like going to the PAC because of all the uncertainty was a risk.

There's a ton of uncertainty here as well.

If Gloria can poach and rebuild the conference to its current status.

I will applaud her and eat a heaping bowl of crow.

(Post isn't directed at you personally me just ranting to the ether.)

The Temu12 look like a F'n joke.. they can't get quality programs to join either. Their TV deal will not be anywhere near what we've bashed over the head with. Their TV deal will be slightly better than ours and frankly if I was a team that entered with assumptions they'd be better off I'd be asking to return...they haven't kept any promises they made to the 4 teams they convinced to join them, why would any school trust them.

Meister_Rebel said:

Or, we just ****ed ourselves.

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A possibility, the other possibility is unlv is living up to its name. Sticking it to the PAC would be amusing to watch.

rebeltob said:

The TemuPac12 is the same place too.

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Not if our annual media rights contract ends up being $1 million and the Pac-12 gets $10 million.

RebelSoldat said:

We aren't going to the Big 12. That's a pipedream.

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Well we said the same thing just a few short years ago about the NFL coming to Vegas and about hosting the Superbowl. Just saying anything is possible. Just have to keep winning and improving the program.

WYNN or Dye said:

This, big news if true!

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Has this dipshit been right about anything yet? $25-30M up and above everyone else?

That said, if true I am major league bummed. The Pac-2 and our f-ing incompetent Commissioner have really screwed the pooch. My prediction, if UNLV doesn't jump to the Pac-12:

• Your traitorous 5 do an about face and ask to come back home
• Pac-2 tries to hold them to whatever they signed. The traitors argue bad faith negotiation because we "promised" Memphis/Tulane, etc.
• The Pac-2 wallows for a while in self pity, then comes crawling like legless lizards to Gloria begging to join the MW. Gloria sez - OK, at 25% shares for life
• Or, we settle for Sacramento State and become the laughing stock of the FBS

I need another beer......

Rosegreen1 said:

Depends. Our tv deal ends in 2025-26, if the MW plays it right they could entice big market teams with bonuses as we got to hold them over until the new tv contract kicks in.

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Or, we just ****ed ourselves.

Looks like I can finally pretend I never attended this shitbox

WarthogRebel said:

Depending on how big his bag of cash was it could have worked out really well.

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isnt he riding the pine at USC sv starting for you guys? Does most of your NIL go to hoops and not football?

Bullmastiff 1 said:

Maybe but just like with the PAC UTSA is going to want to see financials and media deal estimates.

They get like 7 million a year now. So new deal would have to exceed that. Which it won't. So MWC will need to compensate that somehow.

And that's likely to be the case with all AAC schools.

I could be wrong.

But I'm guessing any rebuild will include CUSA teams.

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Depends. Our tv deal ends in 2025-26, if the MW plays it right they could entice big market teams with bonuses as we got to hold them over until the new tv contract kicks in.

We just killed the athletic department. Penny pinching UNLV not seeing the big picture. You are who you associate with and we choose SJSt and Wyoming.

Meister_Rebel said:

So the Fertitta's spend +$35 million on an indoor practice facility to help us go to a better place. The Boyd Familly donating $6.5 million for an outdoor practice facility to help us go to a better place. All of that and here we are stuck in the same place. WTF!!!!!!!

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The TemuPac12 is the same place too.

So the Fertitta's spend +$35 million on an indoor practice facility to help us go to a better place. The Boyd Familly donating $6.5 million for an outdoor practice facility to help us go to a better place. All of that and here we are stuck in the same place. WTF!!!!!!!

Rosegreen1 said:

The MW still has some scratch leftover to entice another school or two. Perhaps they could outbid the PAC for UTSA or something.

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Maybe but just like with the PAC UTSA is going to want to see financials and media deal estimates.

They get like 7 million a year now. So new deal would have to exceed that. Which it won't. So MWC will need to compensate that somehow.

And that's likely to be the case with all AAC schools.

I could be wrong.

But I'm guessing any rebuild will include CUSA teams.

Good. Screw the Temu12.

dcut03 said:

They announced leaving and played out an entire season. That is 1 season season of a contract, right?
It was also a record year for the pac 12 with each team receiving 37 million dollars ( not just media rights).

Pac-12 Set High Revenue Mark in FY23, While School Payouts Sank

While the conference brought in almost $604 million, members saw their distributions shrink by about $3 million from the previous fiscal year.

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The MW is in the same boat, except it is 2 years away, not one. And that our contract is significantly less. But we don't have a contract beyond next season, just like you didn't have a contract beyond that final season.

Yes sorry I did say technically 2 separate things. I should have said "New PAC teams" instead of PAC. Excuuuuuuuuse me.

You still didn't answer my question. How much of YOUR post was pulled from your butt and how much was an actual report?

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Sorry, catching up. had to watch the Fever choke away the WNBA playoff game. Wish I was there to comfort Lexie Hull.

Anyway, I scrolled back but don't understand what I supposedly pulled out of my butt. Which does occur frequently. It can be a traffic jam in there at times what with BS and flying pigs jockeying to get out. Need a traffic light or something.

RebelSoldat said:

We aren't going to the Big 12. That's a pipedream.

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I'm not saying we are or aren't. Who knows.

I'm just saying we aren't the only ones that will be jockeying to do so.

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Short term that is great money and could keep Odom in Vegas for a while, long term I’m not sure.

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So UNLV'S willing to spend the 4-5-6 million a year of that new war chest?

And who knows they just might. But that's a lot of cheddar for a guy coaching in CUSA 2.0

Because thats probably what it will take to keep him if a school like say Baylor comes along.

RebelSoldat said:

Not sure if I think this is the best move for us in the long run, but whatever

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The MW still has some scratch leftover to entice another school or two. Perhaps they could outbid the PAC for UTSA or something.

We aren't going to the Big 12. That's a pipedream.

WYNN or Dye said:

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Whelp...

I can't say I'm surprised.

And before I hear about us positioning ourselves for the BIG12 realize so is everyone else.

Even those in the new BIG12.

Welcome NMSU, UTEP, LA TECH, TEXAS STATE...

From best G5 conference to a step up from the Sun Belt.

Short term that is great money and could keep Odom in Vegas for a while, long term I’m not sure.