(01-25-2017 05:58 AM)army56mike Wrote:  Agreed! What would it hurt to allow LU to move up as an Indy? If anything it just gives everybody an extra team to play when they need to fill their schedule.

But getting home games may be a challenge.

Liberty and other schools moving up as independents could take the money games away from existing schools, or at least drag the price that the power schools would have to pay as there would be more supply. Power schools likely would see it as more mouths to feed and potential threats to steal recruits, media attention, etc.

I think Liberty could have problems getting home games if they moved up in a messy way, such as through strong litigation. I don't think anyone would blacklist or boycott Liberty otherwise, or at least not any more than a traditional school (for example, west coast schools probably wouldn't jump at the first chance to play at Liberty unless they wanted more east coast exposure). I think Liberty would spend the money to get at least six home games, maybe seven. I'd be surprised if Liberty took payday games for money and not exposure.