Since you're ina googling mood, Google what the Big East was going to look like with BYU, SDSU, and Boise as members. And then compare to what they have in 2014, and try and tell me that's the same conference.

Are some of the teams the same? Do they hold the old Big East rights and NCAA credits? Sure. But they have different administrators, different media landscapes, and vastly different football landscapes.

In any case, you have conviniently ignore my more central objection: we are talking about the MWC being willing to negotiate?

While you're Hitting up Wikipedia, try and see what "germane" gets you.