Yes recruiting has suffered as an Indy. It would suffer even more in the MWC. Before Utah went to the Pac 12, we typically got more of the top in state kids. Utah now gets more of them because they are P5, not because we are Indy. If we go MWC, Utah will no longer get most of them, they will get all of them. It's very simple.
You are advocating that BYU no longer compete for recruits with Utah and start competing for recruits with Utah St. Sounds smart!!!