froginaustin
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http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8796807/boise-state-broncos-staying-mountain-west-conference-sources-say
ESPiN sez: Boy-see to dump Big East
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PurplFrawg
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joejordan
Member
Not to mention the carnage in the Big East:
So thats what Kellen Moore is doing these days.
PurplFrawg
Administrator
He's one of the few left-handed truck drivers to make it big.
joejordan
Member
Fer shur. Changed it btw.
YA
Active Member
If you listen to their idiot AD, they are committed to the big east and the MWC sucks--man has that guy burned bridges all over the west.
jack the frog
KMA
didnt see your thread
froginaustin
Active Member
jack the frog
KMA
Like the fact that there seems to be no special treatment for their TV rights. Dodged a bullet there imo.
itsalizard
Active Member
And SMU... And UH...With the Tech trolls out in force bragging about how much money they get from other programs accomplishments I dont have the energy to roam their boards for schadenfreude sake.
Both are stuck. They are too cheap to pay the fine and noone is going to help either pay it to sign them up.
helcap
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Article on ESPN now says exit fee is $5 million for Boise St. And San Deigo State owes nothing as an exit fee if they are the only team left west of the Rockies, although MWC saying that they may not want them back. Probably posturing. Mentions SMU and Houston as potential expansion targets
http://espn.go.com/c...-conference-all
froginaustin
Active Member
There are all sorts of rumors on the NCAAbbs/Big East board that I looked at. Rumors include:
1. MWC teams will be paid appearance fees under their new TV contract(s), effecting an unequal division of conference revenue to Boise's benefit.
2. All sorts of rumors about what, if anything, BE exit fees will be, and how much the MWC will directly or indirectly pay.
3. Rumors that SDSU is not an automatic "in" for the MWC-- probably a negotiating strategy involving BE exit fees that SDSU is contractually excused from (supposedly) if there are no remaining BE teams west of the Rockies. SDSU might have to pay some of the expense of extracting Boise from the BE for SDSU to get back into the MWC.
4. Etc., etc.
Thank you Jesus for A&M's institutional nervous breakdown that made a place for us in the B12.
Frog Brother
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Smart move by Boise State. Just like our situation, the Big-East they joined doesn't exist anymore.
jack the frog
KMA
So, does the Beast now call it a day or are there enough fat cats that still care to maintain some awkward, synthetic entity that will allow them to maintain their payday and Leopard Club Gold Room access?
