In the long run, unless BYU joins a P5, it will not be able to compete or keep up with them.

Thats the only reason he gives why independence in unsustainable - when trying to keep up with the power conferences.

It doesn’t involve anything else. Not the G5, not the ability to run the sports programs nor the ability to remain independent, if that was the goal.

The goal is to slow the growth of the distance between the P5 and BYU and in time, receive an invitation.