(09-13-2021 12:53 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 09:42 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 09:04 AM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  The MAC taking in a 2-4 CUSA schools to kill off CUSA is totally different than having to accept UConn/UMass FB only, even if the CUSA schools may move on in a few years.

Sure is. Taking UConn/UMass FB-only on the tems of the old Temple/UMass FB deal would bring benefits to Kent State, while raiding CUSA for two or four footloose schools looking for a safe port in the storm and then looking at how they can move on as fast as possible is just more mouths to feed from the same ESPN money.

Where is someone like MT going to go at that point Bruce?

"At that point" is lifting a lot of weight ... it's a scenario based on a foundation of rumor and speculation with no solid reporting, with some pieces long odds and no piece any better than a coin toss, so the combined probability of it happening is fairly low.

But if the worst case for CUSA is being raided for four by the AAC, and Marshall, ODU and one more school plus JMU going to a 14/16 SBC, CUSA is down to seven, and they add NMSU and are at eight full time members. So at that point allocating CUSA schools to the MAC is not about serving any need of the MAC, it's about making a worst-than-worst case scenario because a conference collapsing is more dramatic and drama is more fun.

Quote: ESPN money I believe would negotiate up as the MAC is at the end of its contract.

But WHY would it "negotiate up" on a per school basis? It doesn't substantially change the value of MACtion, it doesn't make the MAC a sometime NCAA at-large conference. Where is the value add? You believing it because you enjoy imagining surprisiing conference realignment scenarios is not going to get the MAC Presidents on board.