All these people thinking ECU is going to pay a $25 million exit fee to join the Sunbelt are comical.
Memphis and Tulane (or UTSA) won’t even pay it to join the PAC 12 for a media deal that will be the same or weaker than what they have now and be pushed back to Western time zones. Horrible idea.
Read recently that UTSA could be a candidate to join Pac-12 as well. San Antonio and San Marcos are only 50 miles apart.
clt says eCu is dumb, but not that dumb
If aac loses the UTSA, do we stay at 13 or get back to 14? I’d like to see us target JMU if the leaders want to replace.
clt says JMU being r2 will not help
Georgia State fits the conference profile…though not sure GSU leadership is interested (big mistake IMO). Kinda feel UMass does as well, though more as flagship than urban.
UMass moving to the MAC pretty much says it all about how their leadership views intercollegiate athletics.
Or about how AAC felt about UMass…maybe Army changes some attitudes, but I have no idea.
since they can’t beat us, they want to drop to the SBC and try to beat App
If anyone wants some good chuckles. If you follow the PAC 12 update thread over on csnbbs under the Lounge | Conference realignment section you will be amazed by the angst and drama on display related to the PAC conference addition of the 8th football member they need.
https://x.com/GroupOfFiveGuys/status/1935330352941113419
The usual suspects chiming in, completely ignoring the exit fee and the much lower contract payout as well as the shittier television time slots, but hey as long as they can “get rid of the charlottes and rices” it’s a “no brainier” as one mouth breather put it.
The only way anyone leaves the AAC is if the conference dissolves. I don’t see that happening unless ESPN tries to force it.
Did USF drop completely off the Pac drama realignment bonanza train?
A few months ago they were on every realignment lip.
You can’t expect eastern trash to comprehend big numbers, @Nineradvocate. They do better with smaller ones. For example: 0 and 2. They get that.
https://x.com/StephenIgoe/status/1935355603687551069
Do slumbelt fans understand “non-starter”?
Yes, Memphis AD Ed Scott did say that.
Read that Yahoo article carefully. Says that the PAC 12, if they give Texas State a full distribution, would more than double Texas State’s current Sun Belt payout… Then goes on to say that the Sun Belt exit fee is about $5-$7 million, representing 2 years of payouts under the Sunbelt media contract… Or about $3 million per year.
The PAC12 schools are going to be lucky to get $7-8 million each for their rights deal.
Not to bash Texas State. Good for them. That will be more than the AAC is giving us on our step up revenue share. Also, their addition makes sense. I was a little curious if they would be added in basketball too or if Gonzaga would be the 8th and final member there.
Meanwhile, the notion that the PAC12 media deal is going to be any good is preposterous. It’ll be the same or lower than the AACs deal.
It’s a dead horse, but that PAC12 commissioner that turned down $25-$30 million per school a few years ago made one of the biggest errors in college sports history.
Not being an apologist for former PAC commish George Kliavkoff (and definitely not his predecessor Larry Scott), but it was actually the school presidents who turned down ESPN’s $30M offer.
Anyway, I won’t be surprised if the Pac-12 eventually pursues additional Lone Star State schools.