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How long would the half share last? If the offer was permanant half share or like a decade I'd reject that too. 

I sort of lol'd at this line: "I don't see a Mountain West merger happening since the Pac-12's whole goal the last several months has been to separate from the lower-end Mountain West schools."

Wasn't the original MWC formed by a few members of the WAC to separate themselves as more valueable than the rest and ended up merging with most of the left behind's anways a few years later?

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18 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

Rumor going around that Texas State was offered the final spot in the PAC12 at a 50% share and turned them down.

Well, hells bells, Texas State ain't exactly SMU and the new PAC ain't the ACC

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1 hour ago, 'stache said:

How long would the half share last? If the offer was permanant half share or like a decade I'd reject that too.

Unclear, I assume the half share would be for the length of their proposed TV deal but most of that hasn’t been released publicly. If it was permanently at a half share then I don’t blame them for turning it down.

They also are giving Gonzaga a FULL Football share so I could see how that would rub Texas State the wrong way too.

 

1 hour ago, 'stache said:

Wasn't the original MWC formed by a few members of the WAC to separate themselves as more valueable than the rest and ended up merging with most of the left behind's anways a few years later?

It took a decade+ but yes they pretty much brought back TCU and everyone in the Mountain/Pacific Time Zones other than UTEP.

Utah/BYU (now in B12), Colorado State/San Diego St (joining P12), New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming, and Air Force left the WAC to form the MWC leaving behind…

TCU (later invited now in B12)
Fresno (later invited now in P12)
Hawaii (later invited, still in MWC)
SJSU (later invited, still in MWC)


UTEP (only recently invited to MWC)
SMU (rumored but never officially invited, now in ACC)
Rice (rumored but never officially invited, now in AAC)
Tulsa (see above)

Fresno should feel good about themselves, going from shunned to shunner. Utah State and Boise State weren’t in the original 16 team WAC when the MWC split off but obviously their trajectory is great as well.

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