UNLV has helped recently in beating BCS teams and elevating the conference rating.....besides, you would throw out the team that gets the best TV rating in basketball, and one of the better in football (yes, UNLV does better than you think in football....plus sits in a city of over 2 million people).
What I've READ and HEARD on the SLC radio is that UNLV may be open to leaving voluntarily and joining the WAC. UNLV has a had a long-term relationship with ESPN, and WAC has ESPN. If this happens it will be because ESPN wants it done, not because some dork at CSU thinks they deserve to be in a AQ conference more than UNLV...lol!