"BYU gave up a ton of revenue to form the MWC. The MWC realized that it never could've happened without BYU being involved." -Val Hale

Jul 27, 2015
6:21:23pm

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"BYU gave up a ton of revenue to form the MWC. The MWC realized that it never could've happened without BYU being involved." -Val Hale
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"BYU was one of the original members to be added to the Big 12 and Baylor and Texas Tech were not until the gov of TX intervened." -Val Hale View

@ESPN960Sports ESPN960Sports

7/27/15 6:14pm

what??? am I the only one who didn't know this history?

Bob Vance

7/27/15 6:17pm

You didn't know this?

TNT

7/27/15 6:59pm

I knew there was some discussion of this before, but I guess I forgot

Bob Vance

7/27/15 7:46pm

"I never sensed that BYU was discriminated by the AD's but I believe that it does exist at the Presidential level." -Val Hale

@ESPN960Sports

7/27/15 6:19pm

Well there it is...was considered rumor by many...mostly Utes

Downtown

7/27/15 6:20pm

TNT has said this for years. Obviously few believed him

TNT

7/27/15 7:00pm

"BYU gave up a ton of revenue to form the MWC. The MWC realized that it never could've happened without BYU being involved." -Val Hale

@ESPN960Sports

7/27/15 6:21pm

"Nobody hated us when we went 1-20 in basketball, but once we started beating teams up they started to hate us again." -Val Hale

@ESPN960Sports

7/27/15 6:21pm

Who was the other left out

El Joffrey

7/27/15 6:21pm

New Mexico.

ESPN 960 Sports

7/27/15 6:23pm

Ouch. Who thought that was a good idea...

El Joffrey

7/27/15 6:29pm

"When BYU was named the most hated team in America, we got a call from Notre Dame and they were upset we got the distinction." -Val Hale

@ESPN960Sports

7/27/15 6:21pm

Can you imagine how things would look right now if that happened and Utah had

Niiineteeen84

7/27/15 6:21pm

"If you were to look at BYU's budget compared to Texas and Ohio State it would be like comparing it to another country." -Val Hale

@ESPN960Sports

7/27/15 6:25pm

Is Hale speaking truth or just digging a pit for us to fall into?

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