Except for attendance, which we all know has nothing to do with TV money.

Mar 13, 2018
12:59:46pm

TrueBlue67 All-American

Sure, the Yewts and the Buffs travel okay, but every team in the PAC would have seen huge spikes in attendance for both football and basketball had the PAC invited BYU. Unfortunately, butts in seats means very little in the 21st century.

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Is the MWC really that butt hurt they can't make a smart financial decision?

johnnybyu

3/13/18 8:16am

No. But I'm still not sure there's any conversation happening.

byujdmba

3/13/18 8:20am

Maybe they feel they can get leverage on BYU if they get Gonzaga first. I have

johnnybyu

3/13/18 8:24am

Game theory. I'd take BYU everything minus football with the stipulation that if

rcbyufan

3/13/18 8:26am

It may well be that the MWC only wants to round up

Everyman

3/13/18 8:31am

What is the $5 million to $1 million for football?

Lynk

3/13/18 9:35am

Those are the numbers I have heard the most.

johnnybyu

3/13/18 9:45am

Here are some of the recent revenue amounts.

Everyman

3/13/18 10:39am

The MW knows what is valuable

mwc tex

3/13/18 9:57am

Which is why we're not coming back. The ship has sailed.

rcbyufan

3/13/18 9:58am

So are you saying the MWC would be worse off financially if they add BYU for

johnnybyu

3/13/18 10:11am

Yes..

mwc tex

3/13/18 10:24am

^^^Doesn't get it^^^

TrueBlue67

3/13/18 11:00am

That is not a good comparison

jes2332

3/13/18 11:20am

If you attend most WCC road games, you clearly see as many or more BYU fans

boscatar

3/13/18 12:02pm

Byu is a better basketball program than any current mwc school

AC_Coug

3/13/18 4:13pm

Every single WCC basketball TV broadcast involves Zags, BYU, or SMC

boscatar

3/13/18 12:04pm

Did the PAC-10 make a smart financial decision?

Skipshot

3/13/18 12:04pm

The revenue for the last year of the PAC 10

Everyman

3/13/18 12:21pm

Not THAT they expanded but WHO.

Skipshot

3/13/18 12:26pm

It didn’t make any difference, unless they got TX,

Everyman

3/13/18 12:36pm

Except for attendance, which we all know has nothing to do with TV money.

TrueBlue67

3/13/18 12:59pm

for probably every team in the MWC the Zags and BYU home games would have the largest attendance. Can anyone

HarlemCoug

3/13/18 12:53pm

I can’t for the life of me figure out why some think AAC travel would be so hard. At worst

Refugee

3/13/18 1:08pm

Wish that Gonzaga would put off the jump for a year or two... so that

Benfica1

3/13/18 1:12pm

Even if $ is the same MWC <<< Indy

NorthwestCoug

3/13/18 2:14pm

If BYU went back to MWC, those teams and their fans would be out

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