I don't know if it's worse, but it's certainly not better. Which I think you agree with me.
There's just a lot of folks who say we shouldn't go AAC so we don't lose the advantage of recruiting as an independent. Frankly, I don't think there's a difference (recruiting wise) between Independent without a P5 invite and a team in the G5. BYU's reputation depends more on how they play than whether they're independent or MWC or AAC