(11-01-2020 12:26 PM)Johnny Crunch Wrote:  

(11-01-2020 12:25 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(11-01-2020 12:18 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(11-01-2020 12:04 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(11-01-2020 11:56 AM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  Outside of NMSU, they’re going to flock to games versus 3 of the same SLC teams, UTRGV, Chicago State, Dixie State, Tarleton, Utah Valley, and Seattle????

If they get in the WAC they broaden their recruiting horizons which improves probability of fielding a winning team. Winning teams playing winning teams is what draws fans. Playing the same broke Louisuana schools and getting thumped by SFA every year needs to stop. I'm sure that's their thought process. If it isn't, it should be. Even then, I still don't see them getting excited about Chi St or Seattle.

If you’re in charge of SHSU, why would you send your teams two time zones away to Seattle when you can play Houston Baptist instead? If Chicago State is going to get the same amount of fans as McNeese State, how are you improving your situation?

Yes. Moving to the WAC is a national play, not regional. As such, if you want the broadened exposure it offers, you gotta pay to play. No, it will not be cheap, or easy. But nothing worth having ever is.

I asked you two specific questions and you dance around them with blanket statements to fit your own narrative. So why would you send your teams to Seattle/Chicago instead of Houston Baptist/McNeese St? The WAC has ZERO national presence. Games are on ESPN+ just like the Southland. You’re not upgrading anything except airline miles.

Seems like the only possibility is it's about football, not hoops. And if it's about football, it's about FBS eventually.

Yes it has to be football, and a clear path to FBS, as the dangling carrot for the SLC schools.