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Need 7 to be an FBS conference; 8 for scheduling

Get six from MWC
MWC buyout is $17M with two year notice; $34M with one year notice

6 * $17M = $102M <-- after revenue split, and paying...

According to UMn fans UND is all just 25 year old Canadians ... for example
...

You had me confused a second then I re-read: NDUS ... total system, yes.

Kids.
Money.
Boosters.
What could go wrong.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/georgia-qb-jaden-rashada-sues-florida-coach-billy-napier-among-others-over-botched-13-85m-nil-deal/

Professional amateurs?
Amateur professionals?

Fan apathy or resentment?

The Golden Age of College Athletics: dead.

The MWC has those pesky (predatory?) buy-outs.

Same link has WasSU and OrSU heading to the BXII.

They're all guessing.

Another way into the MSP market isn't bad (NCHC).

Big rosters cost big bucks.
Solution?

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1788617836597752149

Most anything can be overcome save for geography.

In college sports? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Wait. You're serious?

Money has made common sense no longer a viable option.

Frankly, do WasSU and OrSU look more like:

- USC and UCLA, or
- ColoSt and Nevada

The PAC12 dissolution exposed what WasSU and OrSU really are: G5s.

Isn't that an oxymoron? ;)

This was a safe bet the minute UDelaware was invited by CUSA.

Eight is seven FB games.
Going 12 (9 w/FB) makes scheduling better: 8 conf FB games; BB travel pairs (22 games).

And that last one is hard to overcome.

I still say build it yourself (and thus location becomes of no consequence).

Don't believe that was me.
I'm more the 2026 enrollment cliff (that we're seeing the edge of now) siren.
HS graduation classes are shrinking 10-15% due to the drop in birth rates during the 2008...

SCSU is the first to face new reality.
They won't be the last.

NDSU quietly started this VSIP back in February.
https://www.ndsu.edu/president/communication/message_8_15_22_1_1_1_2/

Golf expansion in Summit....

Dizzo said it; do we believe it?
https://twitter.com/DomIzzoWDAY/status/1787922259484516782

Lots of shoulder and neck tension lately and my MSFT 7000 is starting to give out (giving double keys).
Trying a new split ergo keyboard and a thumb trackball mouse.

This trackball mouse is...

Yo, AG, 'Taserface' sounds pretty masculine.

Wed: announce the 1883 Collective
Thu: extend Bubba
Fri: NCHC Semifinals in St Paul!

Timing is everything. :blush:

I just can't ... < sigh > ...