This is pure speculation on the part of the reporter. The MW was very interested in adding some of the Texas schools and the feeling was mutual. Fox and CBS were unwilling to open up the contract for any addition. The conference may or may not have interest in NDSU but nothing will happen now.
Of course, anything can happen and there will likely be more movement. How it lands is anybody's guess.
We play in Frisco every year that makes us basically a Texas school.
Hopefully that fits the footprint of the Pac10
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It has been awhile since the MW won a game in the Dance. They generally get 2 schools in so it does grow the pot a bit..However, those payments are spread out over years so it is not a tremendous money maker.
Winning games is the key..The biggest chunk in the pot comes from Nevada's sweet 16 run in 2018. That got them 3 games. No other MW has a win since..Hopefully, there will be a better showing this year.
The MW members have made a concerted effort to make basketball more lucrative..There is only so far they can go as a football conference but there is lots of room for growth on the courts. The conference has a lot of really good, and expensive coaches and they currently have 5 schools in the top 50 Net. I do think that is where the future lies..
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Sometimes you guys just ask the wrong questions.
How do typical MAC Tuesday night TV ratings compare to your national championship game TV ratings?
Your national championship game should be a huge national draw, but I don't think it is, partly because ESPN seems to broadcast it out of obligation with almost no promotion in the preceding week. I love watching weeknight MAC-tion games.
"You should host seminars on how to behave on opposing fan forums. Charge a pretty penny toward that Bison tailgating rig. " from Milkman 1/6/2016
I looked up a few, biggest viewership I found in 2021 and 2019 was 428k. Maybe I missed one... Think when we've been on the main ESPN we've had a few games over 1 million even in say semi finals... Obviously that's more than our typical in season game but putting NDSU on Tuesday night or Wednesday games will slowly kill the culture of what made NDSU football great. That said right now seems as if it's slowly draining away too. I don't have the answer but our geography in this case is a huge variable that regardless of the ease of using planes now days is still a factor.
Either way seems something has to change not only at NDSU but through entire NCAA we're not the only ones that attendance has gone down...
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