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PAC would then have to pay MWC an additional $110+ million in fees to bring these 4 MWC schools over. Are these schools worth that kind of money in your eyes? PAC is already spending $110+ million for SDSU, Boise, Oregon St and Wash St. I don’t see them doubling up the bill for Nevada, UNLV, AFA, and Utah State.

From Ross Dellenger: https://sports.yahoo.com/after-latest-realignment-moves-which-other-schools-will-the-pac-12-try-to-scoop-up-182233033.html “The problem: We don’t really know its TV value, but those at the Pac-12 estimate it to be higher than the best Group of Five deal, which is the American, which distributes to its original members about $8-10 million annually. If the Pac-12 is at $10-12 million per school, is that worth a move across the country? What about $15 million? That latter figure seems high, but who knows.” So let’s do some math. AAC distributes $8-10 million per school annually however UNT/UTSA/Rice only make 50% share for the next decade. That’s a total of $40-50 million over the next 10 years. The new PAC media deal is estimated to be north of $10 million per year/per school. Could be as high as $15 million but let’s just call it $10 million for easy math. $10m over 10 years is $100 million in TV money. ($12m per year is $120 million and $15 million per year is $150 million) At minimum we’re talking $50-60 million more reasons to leave the AAC for the PAC.

Memphis, USF, and Tulane are full-share members of the AAC so they are hesitant to move without knowing more about the estimated TV deal and how much they can expect to make. However UNT, UTSA, RICE are only receiving 50% of the AAC TV media money until 2034. 10 years at half-share is a lot of lost revenue. The new PAC can offer new members full-share when the future media deal is established, as an incentive to leave the AAC.

$17m MWC exit fee + $10m-12m penalty violation fee for poaching a MWC team. That’s roughly $30 million fee per MWC school the PAC poaches. AAC exit fees are set at $10m. Literally a third of the price per school. This is why I expect the PAC to cover exit fees for all new AAC schools added.

I expect the PAC to cover the $10m AAC exit fee just like they’ve agreed to do with the 4 MWC schools. PAC is flush with exit fee cash from former conference members.

Building a strong basketball conference is essential for the new PAC with March Madness tournament money and additional TV deals on the line. Our NIT Championship should be on page one of the pitch.

Tulane just got the ball back, down 24-19 in Norman with 13 minutes left in the 4th.

Next week's game vs Wyoming is huge if we want to make an impression on the new PAC. We need to learn from this embarrassing loss and then flush it from our memory fast. We can beat a MWC team next week and be 3-1. I believe.

Final: 66-21

Ooo the shots are kicking in!

I feel so much better now.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_5_zEPPcrb/?igsh=cHh4dDIxbGR4YTc1 The comments are comedic gold.

Team quit. This is so frustrating I can only laugh so I don’t scream.

Haha, for real. I’m ready to throw the air raid in the trash and replace it with a run-first offense led by Coach Cobbs.

It’s a staple of the air raid offense.

You are correct.

Well the Over (69) just covered like I expected. What I didn’t expect was that Tech would account for 59 of those points.

As the new DC in Baltimore, he probably turns us down.

Chandler Morris has 6 interceptions in his last 6 quarters and two of them went for pick six.

We allowed 415 yards in the first half. Wow.

The halftime guys immediately at the break… “The only thing stopping Texas Tech is the clock! Dropped a 50 burger on North Texas”

Back-to-back years. Unacceptable.

I stand corrected. Tech’s now on pace for 104 points.

They’re currently on pace to drop 90+ points on us. We are Northwestern State.

🤣😂🤣 not the dreaded painful sympathy looks. Why do we do this to continue to do this ourselves?