j. spilotro said:

I think the true attendance would be around 17,500 because interest is super high.

But all these other things that Vegas has going on … it’s just really bad timing. Because of those other things, our actual bodies in seats will probably be only 5K. But multiply what ever warm bodies are in there by 3.5 to get the TRUE attendance. DO NOT believe for one second that overall interest has dropped, it’s just temporarily displaced by unfriendly circumstances of the night.

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BornRebelRed said:

UNLV is at war with our local media groups. The Rebels for the last few months are NEVER mentioned on Las Vegas’s main early morning talk show. It’s on purpose. A lot of friction going on. And today, November 5, our basketball home opener, got a blimp of an article in the morning sports section on page 9. Unheard of those many glorious years ago. So, what is the problem? Who owns the radio station that would allow its own show to not talk about the home town team? Something has got to give. Been going on for a while. On a lighter note, Kruger’s Rebels have a chance tonight to change course, come out RUNNIN… Come out fired up… Come out with the purpose of being Exciting… Or, we get the same vanilla product on the floor again. Your choice Rebels. Quit being mediocre. Run Rebels Run… Reinvent Runnin Rebel Fever.. win Las Vegas back again.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

If they go from 5 million to say 8 millon. Is it an upgrade? Sure. No doubt.

It's also nearly half of what they thought they could get and at best makes them the top G6 conference, which oddly enough the MWC was already considered arguably the best G6.

'The return to a POWER conference is out the window'

The biggest loser could end up being OSU/WSU who could end up making a 3rd of what their previous contract had been. Sure better something than nothing but it will be tighten the belts for them now.

Great for USU/CSU/SDSU etc. They get a raise.

You do not hire Octagon this late in the process if things are going well. And I'd be willing to bet there are some rumblings now about direction. The only schools with a vote until 2026 are OSU and WSU.
None of the new PAC schools have a 'P4' clause to get out for free.

How stupid would you feel as the SDSU AD if Big12 came knocking again. And here you are signed up with a 30 million dollar exit fee after already paying 11 million dollar one.

Would not be shocked if Octagon is telling them a lot of things they don't want to hear.

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mwsn7022012 said:

He’s committing at 6 PM tonight. Word is that he’s committing to UNLV.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

Man I really don't want to go down this rabbit hole because it will derail this thread. But with NIL money and how disproportionate that money is male vs female athletes, you just knew this was going to happen at some point...

Male player X gets 100k Female player Y gets 20k in NIL.


'We play the same number of games therefore we should be compensated equally is inevitable.

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dcut03 said:

Maybe, we don't know that for sure. I'm sure they were hooked in with dreams of that number (12-15), but again from the beginning they were 'shooting for the fences", so I'm sure they were given a range and not promised that number.

It doesn't seem that they expected us or AFA to turn them down. So sure I am guessing they are annoyed, but I doubt they are livid

But bottom line, All MW teams are getting upgraded. More money than now, more money than a merger, and with the very well established precedent of exit fees getting negotiated down, they can pay off those fees over time themselves and still net more per year than they are now. But it sure sounded like they will be getting help for the exit fees, if not having them paid in full. Plus they don't have to go to Wyoming which is a travel nightmare, especially for basketball. Hawaii too. A better conference top to bottom. Not P4, but they have a step up on all other "G" conferences.

Are they pissed? Probably. But I doubt they are livid. They are upgrading whichever way you slice it.

The PAC 2 have the most to complain about, but it was their actions that started all of this. So what are you going to do? They made this bed.

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dcut03 said:

No doubt. But it hurts us now. Because we need historical data to show our worth. Right now a "good" UNLV team is showing similar to worse interest to a "bad- so below average" SDSU and CSU.

Number have been going the right direction and I am proud of the Boise turnout. The next home game will tell a lot. Was the Boise a flash in the pan? Can we retain some of those fans even though we lost?

We don't have much luxury to wait. Honestly the better we do now helps the next MW contract, but more importantly we need better support to make that jump to B12.

It helps if we keep winning, and hopefully we do that. Probably our most difficult for the rest of the regular season this week in Hawaii.

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Meister_Rebel said:

You're right I won't throw any more fuel on that subject. But, it will get interesting when the athletes possibly/maybe become employees of the University rather than receive NIL directly.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

Man I really don't want to go down this rabbit hole because it will derail this thread. But with NIL money and how disproportionate that money is male vs female athletes, you just knew this was going to happen at some point...

Male player X gets 100k Female player Y gets 20k in NIL.


'We play the same number of games therefore we should be compensated equally is inevitable.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

UNLV is trending in a good direction and battling decades of mediocrity.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

'Have the PAC overestimated their brand? Maybe a little.'

Anything less than 12 million is not what Boise/SDSU/CSU and Fresno signed up for.

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Meister_Rebel said:

You and me both. This is the kind of stuff that happens under the watch of that person that loves their metrics.

17 Student-Athletes Sue San Diego State University Over Alleged Title IX Violations

Seventeen female student-athletes are suing San Diego State University over alleged Title IX violations, claiming the school allotted disproportionate financial aid benefits compared to male student-athletes.

www.nbcsandiego.com

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