Captain Barnacles just nailed it.
The AAC will most likely lock up the 6th championship spot the first few years of the playoff and then BYUs value will fade away to the AAC. Then BYU will have lost it's opportunity.
Simply look at what independence has provided you all with respect to national relevancy! If it wasn't for a worldwide pandemic, you have not been relevant at all on the college football landscape.
I think Holmoe and your administration is making a mistake.