that staying Indy long term would be very hard to maintain, we would fall behind. They were not lying when they said this. Maybe you don't realize that money impacts every thing? From facilities to recruiting it helps, and if others have a lot more they are going to have better facilities and do more to attract recruits.
As I said in another post, we have lost a lot of recruits in recent years because we are not in a P5 conference.
There would not be a huge difference in exposure, and access is guaranteed to be significant better.