(03-02-2017 11:50 AM)rokamortis Wrote:  I wonder if the proposed scheduling agreement would allow Liberty to participate in the conference's contracted bowls.

What would be one single solitary benefit to the Sun Belt to allow that to happen?

A bigger question: Can anyone name even ONE benefit to pursuing this?

Negotiations are all about leverage. In this situation, the Sun Belt would have 100% of the leverage compared to Liberty's 0%.

I currently have no ill will at all towards Karl Benson, but if this were to happen without a financial windfall for the conference membership, I'll quickly find some ill will. I refuse to believe Karl is that dumb.

I don't share the inflammatory "they discriminate!!!" argument that others express, however, from a business perspective, there is absolutely ZERO incentive for the Sun belt to come to the table to even discuss this with Liberty unless they're throwing so much money at us that we would all be able to build brand new football stadiums for our programs with zero financing.