(02-11-2012 11:12 AM)Tuffguy21 Wrote:  

(02-11-2012 07:36 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Let's assume CUSA takes Temple and FIU. Karl Benson becomes the new Sun Belt Commissioner. I'm thinking the natural move is to combine the Sun Belt and the WAC like this:

West
La Tech
North Texas
New Mexico St
Utah St
San Jose St
Idaho
Texas St
UT- San Antonio

East
Arkansas St
Western Kentucky
Troy
Middle Tennessee
South Alabama
Florida Atlantic
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe

Sound reasonable?

Man is the WAC desperate to gt UNT in their conference. They're wanted more than the hot chick at a bar at closing time. Seriously, there's no reason for us to take San Jose, Idaho, and Utah state. Point of all of this, even with 2 defections, we're still in the much stronger position. Simply put, the ball is in La Tech's court for the billionth time. You're not going to CUSA, and you better make it very worth it for us to take you back, otherwise, we have 2 teams in TSU and UTSA who seem very eager to fill roles in the conference.

I don't think it's about UNT. Look at what CUSA and the MWC are doing. They are basically saying that neither conference has enough value to garner any revenue, but maybe if they aligned with one another, they may generate some interest that may increase revenue a little bit.

I think if they have done the studies and TV execs have said that this would create more interest and they would reward the alliance with a better TV deal than either conference could warrant on their own, then it is something the Sun Belt and WAC should also look into since we are in the same predicament as they are in.