A new and better FBS thread

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

No idea if this will change, but AAC has been paying the new members half of what MWC pays out.

Around $2.5m for new AAC members, the legacy members get $7m.
MWC pays everyone $4m.

Moving to AAC we'd have to come up with more cash, 500k over what we make now wouldn't offset the travel.

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Assuming the legacy teams are still around

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Originally Posted by TAILG8R

This is one scenario that I have seen. The other is that with 4(or more) schools leaving the AAC some think the whole conference might decide to join the PAC for a super conference.

Let's hope for the former.

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Worst case is that they do what that article suggests and use those 4 as leverage to dissolve the conference.
PAC then takes who they want, and the 3 or 4 leftovers scatter to other conferences and fill them up.

Just like we want PAC to survive, we also want AAC to survive.

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Originally Posted by HerdBot

Assuming the legacy teams are still around

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If they aren't, the media deal is likely to get blown up and reduced.
They are already close to triggering a renegotiation with ESPN from what I've read.
Losing Houston, Cincinnati and UCF hurt them from a media value perspective.
If they lose a few more, the contract gets revisited.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

If they aren't, the media deal is likely to get blown up and reduced.
They are already close to triggering a renegotiation with ESPN from what I've read.
Losing Houston, Cincinnati and UCF hurt them from a media value perspective.
If they lose a few more, the contract gets revisited.

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Good point. Interested to see who is superior after all the gutting of the MW and AAC. You may see both teams fighting over what remains. Air Force could end up playing a significant role

Not that NDSU has the ability to choose or even influence this, but which option (MWC or AAC) do folks like best for NDSU? I would gladly take either, but if I could choose, I think I'm on team AAC.

Of course, I suppose it depends on which teams remain in both respective conferences. That would influence the answer.

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Originally Posted by Gully

Not that NDSU has the ability to choose or even influence this, but which option (MWC or AAC) do folks like best for NDSU? I would gladly take either, but if I could choose, I think I'm on team AAC.

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Going to be interesting to see where the dominoes fall for sure. AAC I I think would be best as well - from a consumer standpoint, travel and game times, etc. Obviously many other factors.

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Originally Posted by daddy daycare

Going to be interesting to see where the dominoes fall for sure. AAC I I think would be best as well - from a consumer standpoint, travel and game times, etc. Obviously many other factors.

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NDSU into the AAC is an easier path for NDSU to the Big 12 in 5 years.. wink wink new stadium wink wink

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Originally Posted by Gully

Of course, I suppose it depends on which teams remain in both respective conferences. That would influence the answer.

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Pretty much this and the media deal are the two biggest factors.

If AAC loses their top 6 or so, that conference starts to fall significantly below MWC in competition, prestige and payout.
Some rumors had up to 9-11 schools leaving.

Ideally we would want to join whichever conference is least "gutted" by the PAC.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

Pretty much this and the media deal are the two biggest factors.

If AAC loses their top 6 or so, that conference starts to fall significantly below MWC in competition, prestige and payout.
Some rumors had up to 9-11 schools leaving.

Ideally we would want to join whichever conference is least "gutted" by the PAC.

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Ideally, you would want to join the new Pac.