(12-17-2020 05:30 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(12-17-2020 04:51 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  The one hesitation I see Gonzaga and St Mary’s types having regarding letting schools like SDSU and Boise St park their Olympic sports in the WCC is that Boise and SDSU be able to spend football earnings and athletic fees from their large student bodies on basketball and that the best of the WCC doesn’t have that kind of dough. Then again, BYU is already doing that very same thing and as a giant LDS school they don’t exactly fit the private Catholic school (and the one nominally UMC one) mold

I dont think Gonzaga or even St. Mary's would have a problem. I think its the other schools that would have a problem. BYU was ok because they were a religious private like the others and it was just 1. Asking for more with 1 or 2 large public football schools might be a bridge to far.

I doubt it will happen but it would be sweet if it did.

Plus I really like the idea of tiered scheduling. If travel could be managed, more of these bus leagues should pursue a strategic scheduling.

I don't know about Boise but now that 11 team conferences are fashionable the WCC could look into AFA. The wouldn't make the conference stronger in basketball but offer a nice draw with local AF people turning out.