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Mar 13, 2018
11:51:27am
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I'm not sure that distinction matters when considering a reentry to the MWC.
1) Just speculating here, but BYU may wonder where the other schools where in all this? Why was only BYU fighting for what they'd been promised? As a group, the whole conference may have had sufficient strength to make something happen.

2) I think BYU's ultimate objection to the situation wasn't that a promise wasn't kept, but that it hurt exposure. For better or worse, BYU has had much better exposure since going independent. They'd likely continue to have better exposure independent than in the MWC. I don't think anyone can argue with a straight face that CBS sports provides similar coverage to ESPN (or even BYUTV for that matter). ESPN and BYUTV are on virtually every cable and satellite package. Not true for CBS sports.

And to be clear, BYU was certainly naive and should've made sure they had all promises in writing.
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