(Yesterday 08:14 PM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  No on NDSU. It makes no sense and they want in the MWC anyway, so adding them for 4 years until the MWC sweeps them up is foolish.

The MAC would have nothing to worry about. The Mountain West Conference has no interest in the Dakota schools.

The entire FB landscape is going to be shaken up over the next 5+ years.

1) NIL already legal precedent for it.
2) Divisions for a CCG no longer required.
3) Potential of unlimited scholarships in FBS.
4) Future money split in FBS yet to be determined.

NDSU has peaked and I seriously doubt they have any upside in this new environment.

MAC shouldn't expand with anyone until more shoes drop.

(05-16-2022 02:26 PM)Schadenfreude Wrote:  I think North Dakota State would come into the MAC and compete immediately the way Marshall did.

(05-16-2022 02:48 PM)inutech Wrote:  Is that a selling point for a MAC president?

It would be a selling point if the addition of WKU and NDSU is so successful that ESPN would have to agree to boost the MAC schools' revenue by over $1 million per year in the conference's next broadcasting agreement.

(Today 12:10 AM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(05-16-2022 02:26 PM)Schadenfreude Wrote:  I think North Dakota State would come into the MAC and compete immediately the way Marshall did.

(05-16-2022 02:48 PM)inutech Wrote:  Is that a selling point for a MAC president?

It would be a selling point if the addition of WKU and NDSU is so successful that ESPN would have to agree to boost the MAC schools' revenue by over $1 million per year in the conference's next broadcasting agreement.

The MAC's strategy for increasing ESPN payout is a GOR.

MT of course balked on that.