(02-14-2012 12:07 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I am surprised Temple is seriously considering a football only offer (mostly due to not seeing how the dollars line up favorably), and I'd have a heart attack if Temple agreed to move all sports...that would cost them beaucoup traveling dollars (for non revenue sports) and again, provide little in the way of a tangible new rival. To me the key is the assumed $2.5MM exit fee from the MAC...if true that is poses a very high financial hurdle since Temple's "end game" is to get to the BE eventually and they have no long term real interest in C-USA (or the Alliance thingy) .....then they'll be another exit fee from the Alliance to deal with.

I wouldn't be surprised to see them move FB-only. I am sure that whatever projections they see will make it at least a wash financially. And really, CUSA needs Temple's market as a TV bargaining chip more than Temple needs them. Maybe with moving comes the possibility of improving their OOC Bball scheduling. Whatever their 5-year (10-year?) plan was when they joined the MAC I'm sure it didn't entail them still here several years in. Or at the very least, still here and never winning a division title. But for now they will explore the new CUSA, maybe hope to get a rise out of the BE, and then have the MAC to fall back to if nothing pans out.

If they had become a strong, championship winning program in the MAC they would be in a better position to not be overlooked by the BE.