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Idaho Statesman: Mountain West fighting a losing battle
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<blockquote data-quote="TopFrog" data-source="post: 878970" data-attributes="member: 120"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/07/28/1741653/mountain-west-fighting-a-losing.html" target="_blank">Idaho Statesman: Mountain West fighting a losing battle</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>By Brian Murphy</p><p></p><p>LAS VEGAS<strong> - C</strong>raig Thompson isn't waving the white flag yet. But the Mountain West commissioner might be writing the terms of his surrender — to the market forces that are turning the Football Bowl Subdivision into a caste system with his league relegated to one of the bottom tiers.</p><p></p><p>Just hours before the Pac-12 announced the creation of its own seven-channel TV network sure to bring in millions more, Thompson on Wednesday decried the arms race in college football and suggested that his league members couldn't keep up with the escalating cost of doing business.</p><p></p><p>"We're in that mode of sell the boat, go to a smaller college, pay less tuition, take a second job," said Thompson, equating the league's financial situation to that of a struggling family. "Whatever it's going to take to maintain what we have."</p><p></p><p>Maintaining is not enough. ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TopFrog, post: 878970, member: 120"] [size="5"][b][url="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/07/28/1741653/mountain-west-fighting-a-losing.html"]Idaho Statesman: Mountain West fighting a losing battle[/url][/b][/size] By Brian Murphy LAS VEGAS[b] - C[/b]raig Thompson isn't waving the white flag yet. But the Mountain West commissioner might be writing the terms of his surrender — to the market forces that are turning the Football Bowl Subdivision into a caste system with his league relegated to one of the bottom tiers. Just hours before the Pac-12 announced the creation of its own seven-channel TV network sure to bring in millions more, Thompson on Wednesday decried the arms race in college football and suggested that his league members couldn't keep up with the escalating cost of doing business. "We're in that mode of sell the boat, go to a smaller college, pay less tuition, take a second job," said Thompson, equating the league's financial situation to that of a struggling family. "Whatever it's going to take to maintain what we have." Maintaining is not enough. ... [/QUOTE]
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