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Unlv & Air Force in contact w/AAC

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Masked_rebel said:
Question though... After the next domino falls and we remain silent... What do you think that means... Are we playing last man standing collect the money from everyone and choose what we want to do or are we playing for a seat at the high stakes table instead of video poker at PTs....
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Or option 3 and most likely; UNLV ****ed up again was reactive and not proactive and screwed themselves again.
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Unlv & Air Force in contact w/AAC

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dcut03 said:

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It looks like they are adding 2.
Staying with the MW would be able to take NMSU from them which is sadly one if their best teams. Possibly UTEP too. Add the 2 of the best FCS schools like NDSU and Montana, and that us better than the CUSA.
The capital from the buyouts makes the MW better than the CUSA just in terms of potential.
Still not where UNLV wants to be obviously. But better than just leaving the MW foe the CUSA with empty pockets.
Staying put temporarily leaves options.
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Fair but are you risking more shake up and suddenly spots disappear?

I don't know.
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Unlv & Air Force in contact w/AAC

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Bullmastiff 1 said:
CUSA adds three FCS schools next year. Not sure joining that is a lateral move. At all.
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It looks like they are adding 2.
Staying with the MW would be able to take NMSU from them which is sadly one if their best teams. Possibly UTEP too. Add the 2 of the best FCS schools like NDSU and Montana, and that us better than the CUSA.
The capital from the buyouts makes the MW better than the CUSA just in terms of potential.
Still not where UNLV wants to be obviously. But better than just leaving the MW foe the CUSA with empty pockets.
Staying put temporarily leaves options.
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CBS Sports video on PAC-12 expansion that mentions UNLV

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LVRebel2000 said:
Would they have had to know about it if the unlv president and AD never took it to them? Assuming (big assumption) that they're working ro join the Big 12, its possible they said no to the PAC without ever running it by the regents. This is purely hypothetical but it would be plausible in that situation. You'd have to have a lot of confidence in getting invited to the Big 12 though, to turn it down on the first pass.
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They wouldn't have had to know I am certain they didn't at this point, but just based upon what a few of them had said though it sounds like we were never invited in the first place. That we are option C, option A is the four they took and option B is some other schools that if they don't pan out they will come back to us.
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Unlv & Air Force in contact w/AAC

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Bullmastiff 1 said:
Yeah that's been rumored.

Power move for basketball for sure but bring very little in terms of football.

It's funny.

It makes good sense and no sense at all in equal proportions.

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But it's easy enough to balance out... they can balance out terrible football for a few years with good basketball and we can continue elevating our football with hopes basketball gets it together
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Unlv & Air Force in contact w/AAC

Bullmastiff 1
dcut03 said:
PAC yes.

Other than that, I think it is worth waiting.
The MW with capital is better than going to the CUSA. There is a chance some sort of merger arises which would be better than the CUSA alone. The remaining MW makes their conference better plus we have our share of the 40-50 buyout money.

Waiting could force a conference to pick us just for doing well. If we make real noise this season then at least there is potential we get eyeballs from the publicity. Similar to Liberty last year. Climbing the rankings will grab eyeballs and all of our games will be on national TV. I think the Syracuse game has potential for good ratings as well being in a Friday.

I see the cusa being equal to staying with the MW, possibly rebuilt, while giving up money no thanks.

AAC has potential to being a close to lateral move with more travel which effects out competitive advantage. Need to wait to see a few things play out before you join thr AAC.
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CUSA adds three FCS schools next year. Not sure joining that is a lateral move. At all.
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IF REMAINING MWC TEAMS WERE SMART

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WarthogRebel said:
WYO/USU/RENO/UNM would stay and make a new MW conference. Keep $ 50 mil each.

Add: NMSU, UTEP, Sam Houston State, Montana, Montana State, Eastern Washington, NDSU, SDSU.
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Again why would they leave CUSA in what would amount to a lateral move now?

Wyoming USU Reno UNM aren't moving the needle on any media deal.

MWC current deal roughly 3 million. CUSA is 750k I believe.

That MWC deal was with Boise's name attached to it and three big markets in CSU/SDSU/FRESNO.

No way they get that again..

Now the FCS schools are an option but again how much are you getting by adding them? Maybe you get a deal around 1.5 ?

I don't know.

Plus you have to meet certain stadium size/attendance numbers to move FBS I thought. Does ECU meet them?

You could be right. Maybe MWC absorbs those schools and try and stand firm.

I'm not sure the logistics of it all.

All comes down to money. Investment and return.
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