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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

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To **** with fiscal sanity!

Sac State president been saying his school was going FBS in 2026. And he got it done
 
Tony4Canes said:
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So, is this a 5 year rental of a conference membership without conference payouts? Basically, Sac State pays all this dough to get into the FBS and have a conference schedule for 5 years and then they are an independent?

Or is it just saying there will be 5 years of no conference payouts to Sac State and then they are an official MAC member getting payouts from the conference?
 
CaneinBroward said:
So, is this a 5 year rental of a conference membership without conference payouts? Basically, Sac State pays all this dough to get into the FBS and have a conference schedule for 5 years and then they are an independent?

Or is it just saying there will be 5 years of no conference payouts to Sac State and then they are an official MAC member getting payouts from the conference?
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I'm reading as 5 year deal and they will be gone prior or after five years to a new conference.
 
Tony4Canes said:
I'm reading as 5 year deal and they will be gone prior or after five years to a new conference.
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Wow, what a waste of money. I can't believe playing G6 ball is worth that kind of cash and it's just for 5 years. I love college ball, but ****, can we at least pretend these colleges' main function is to educate?
 
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Wonder how creative this dude gets on his taxes 😏

Again, good on Sac State for making the jump. Staying in the Big Sky had little to no upside in terms of revenue and branding, so the school might as well do this. Hope they make it. California high school players can benefit from more schools in FBS.

But any economist worth a flip could shoot a hole in those pie-in-the sky numbers
 
Hold My Beer said:


Wonder how creative this dude gets on his taxes 😏

Again, good on Sac State for making the jump. Staying in the Big Sky had little to no upside in terms of revenue and branding, so the school might as well do this. Hope they make it. California high school players can benefit from more schools in FBS.

But any economist worth a flip could shoot a hole in those pie-in-the sky numbers
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Put me in the "prove it" side with you. Seems like the guy thinks he is playing with monopoly money.
 
Tony4Canes said:
I'm reading as 5 year deal and they will be gone prior or after five years to a new conference.
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That is their hope/plan/prayer. They really wanted to get into the Pac 12, then the Mountain West, this appears to be something to do since the school president was bound and determined to get into D1A/FBS no matter what the cost is. Going forward, they can now do a few buy games with Oregon, Washington, SC. to make more (Cal and Stanford aren't paying what the B1G schools pay for roadkill opponents that are in their backyard.) They think there are a ton of donors ready to pay NIL deals, but I don't think those same people are going to be impressed with a MAC pedigree.
I live here, I expect it will cost the president his job and the school will go broke trying to make this happen, but hope I'm wrong on the cost issue.
 
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Gennaker Cane said:
That is their hope/plan/prayer. They really wanted to get into the Pac 12, then the Mountain West, this appears to be something to do since the school president was bound and determined to get into D1A/FBS no matter what the cost is. Going forward, they can now do a few buy games with Oregon, Washington, SC. to make more (Cal and Stanford aren't paying what the B1G schools pay for roadkill opponents that are in their backyard.) They think there are a ton of donors ready to pay NIL deals, but I don't think those same people are going to be impressed with a MAC pedigree.
I live here, I expect it will cost the president his job and the school will go broke trying to make this happen, but hope I'm wrong on the cost issue.
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Yeah, the MAC is just a layover til the PAC — at least that's what the ambitious school president is betting other folks' money on.

I'm guessing Sac State does end up in something cobbled together with PAC/MWC leftovers after the smoke clears from the ACC's unraveling in the next 2-4 years
 
Greg Flugaur provided a pecking order of sorts yesterday for future B1G expansion

Tier 1: ND
Tier 2: UNC
Tier 3: Canes
Tier 4: UVA, GT, Utah

I'd be shocked if the SEC doesn't bring in North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia Tech.

Kinda figured us for the B1G, but who knows? Maybe Sankey (and ESPN's money) convinces the SEC presidents letting the Big Ten into the largest market (by far) in Florida is not smart business.

Would love to know if an SEC invite and a B1G invite were both on table, which does UM's leadership choose?
 
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