BYU To The BIG 12 Not Happening
As you all know by now President Samuelson has spilled the beans on BYU not going to the BIG 12. Yes, this sucks and yes its easy to point a finger at him for not getting it done. The truth of the matter is the BIG 12 wanted BYU first and foremost to join and an invitation would have come but the powers that be at BYU were unwilling to provide certain athletic department financial information to the BIG 12.
The Big 12 is concerned that BYUs athletic department is partially funded by the tithing of the church, which in their eyes is a huge disadvantage to the other Big 12 schools. BYU being private and church owned is not obligated to disclose financial information about the school publicly and was not going to bend to the Big 12 for what ever reason.
What makes this miss opportunity to go into a BCS conference even worse is the realization Bronco has had in the last few days. He now knows its difficult to motivate a team when there is nothing left to play for. After losing one game as an independent the best you can hope for is some crappy, meaningless bowl game against a non BCS team.
No motivation means there will be few wins for BYU, no matter what level of talent they have. Too few wins means less TV time given to BYU in the future by ESPN. This will equate to less money coming into the program. Quality recruits will be less likely to commit to BYU. The fan base will lose considerable interest in the program since its unable to compete at a high level and before you know it, we will be lucky to ever be considered for BCS conference.
This is the reality facing BYU football right now and I think Bronco, the team and the fans all know its not a pretty picture. Lets hope something changes soon but Im not holding my breath.
