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It could all be true. It could also be one of those things people close to athletic departments buy because they over trust those working in those departments.

Good points. I don't think OU and Miami see themselves as "backfill", but that's what they would be. Running to a dying conference is a bad idea.

Other than one report that was later denied by both Ohio and Miami, what evidence is there that they a looking at leaving the MAC?

I don't think $600k is as much as you think it is in 2026.

Yes, but I wouldn't waste it. Immediately we don't get that much. It appears our immediate take is around $600,000 with the rest spread out over 5 years. Now what?

There are a lot of dummies between here and there. I'm still not sure anyone has presented a good reason beyond "just because".

The MAC doesn't have to act in every dumb idea that comes to mind.

Filled with pee?

Sad

Pathetic thinking.

So are lot lizards.

What if there is nobody backing this and Sac State is bankrupting themselves? Remember, it's more likely they are bankrupting themselves than a pile of money backing them.

What does any of this have to do with bringing a shitty program into the MAC?

It's a good move for NDSU. They think they are better than whatever level FCS will be after the G5 conferences separate from P4, and they are probably right. Montana,MT State, SD and South Dakota St need to do the same thing if they believe they are up for it.

This is worse than the MWC bringing in Grand Canyon. These moves don't always have good outcomes. Cal and Stanford have only made the ACC worse. The on field competition is worse. Big 10 adding OR WA USC and UCLA makes sense because they result in annual increased revenue and attractive names. These names result in more TV viewers. More TV viewers result in more advertising money. Most importantly, the quality of product is now the best in the country. In the truck stop if life, the MAC is now the lot lizard trolling from truck to truck hoping to scrape up enough cash to buy a pack of Slim Jims and a bottle of Mountain Dew for dinner.

The driver from SF to Sac is not easy. I guess it's also close to the least desirable places around Lake Tahoe as well.

Clearly, you've never been to Sacramento.

So, for roughly for a million dollars per school, you're willing to pimp us out like a Howard Street hooker selling half and halfs for twenty dollars a throw on a Monday night?

The downside is a devaluation of the league. Sac State joining would be worse than NIU leaving. The money isn't worth it.

I think it's more than bowl games.

How about just 16? I hate to even say this because it could come true. Are we eventually going to get to the point where we have an excessively short regular season just to accommodate more playoff games?

At what point do the G5 schools figure out that when the bowls are gone, they have no avenue to the post season and start their own division? Why aren't they actively and publicly doing it now?

There is plenty of data showing college sports attendance is in decline. I was at a Texas vs Kansas State game a couple of years ago in Austin. Texas has a beautiful area. The upper deck had curtains drawn and there couldn't have been 7,000 people. A new basketball arena will be yet another albatross around the school's neck.

Respectfully, there has to be a better answer than this to spend tens of millions.

If Akron spent $20 million on an arena, how much do you think attendance would increase and for how long? In its current state, has Akron reached maximum attendance?