NewMexHawk
Well-Known Member
Why would a conference just "add" teams to be adding? Would not the conference want the teams to bring SOMETHING to the table? What exactly would isu add to a conference like the Big East? I believe THAT would be the big question. At least Missouri, Kansas, and KSU have had and have good teams and have challenged for the Big 12 title. They also have very good bb teams.
Plus you would have to ask the question, "Why would the Big East add four former Big 12 teams, none of which have much of a following (other than Kansas in bb). That would be an additional four teams that the conference would have to feed in a conference that already is not very good. What would the Big East gain by adding four former Big 12 teams, one of which is in the bottom five of all time worst programs (isu). These teams would bring little if any additional viewership --the conference would basicallly add the Kansas City area as far as a large metropolitan area is concerned; otherwise, the conference would be adding three small population states, one of which (Iowa) the school would still play second fiddle to a Big 10 team and not add many viewers whatsoever.
Plus the travel costs for schools would rise dramatically. How would the conference separate teams into two divisions? Or would it just be one division. Athletic budgets would skyrocket because now ALL of the rest of the sports (the women's and lesser men's teams) in the school would have to travel much much farther. Those sports are already do not make any money...now they would be adding huge travel costs, especially for bb.
It would make absolutely NO financial sense for the Big East to add the Big 12 teams. AND a conference is not going to add teams just to be adding teams; those teams have to bring something to the conference and what exactly would these teams bring, other than warm bodies and big extra mouths to feed?
If the Big 12 breaks up...the clowns might have a couple of choices....Mountain West, MAC, and possibly Conference USA, all of which do not have a big pot of money to share. I suppose the Mountain West could expand to two divisions. That conference is located primarily in low population states and cannot garner a large TV pact (and adding these four teams is not going to up the ante). Thus the athletic budgets of the four new teams would drop very dramatically and I'm not sure that the other MWC teams would be thrilled having to share what little money they get every year with a team like isu who again would add NOTHING to that conference.
What exactly would isu bring to a new conference? Their recruiting would drop off even worse than it already is and the quality of their team would drop accordingly.
But maybe they could compete in a conference like the MWC. One bright note for isu would be that they would get to play New Mexico and thus they might not be the bottom feeder in football in that conference? Of course, I believe the last time the clowns played at Wyoming, they got their heads handed to them. I was at that game...what a fun time we had.
Plus you would have to ask the question, "Why would the Big East add four former Big 12 teams, none of which have much of a following (other than Kansas in bb). That would be an additional four teams that the conference would have to feed in a conference that already is not very good. What would the Big East gain by adding four former Big 12 teams, one of which is in the bottom five of all time worst programs (isu). These teams would bring little if any additional viewership --the conference would basicallly add the Kansas City area as far as a large metropolitan area is concerned; otherwise, the conference would be adding three small population states, one of which (Iowa) the school would still play second fiddle to a Big 10 team and not add many viewers whatsoever.
Plus the travel costs for schools would rise dramatically. How would the conference separate teams into two divisions? Or would it just be one division. Athletic budgets would skyrocket because now ALL of the rest of the sports (the women's and lesser men's teams) in the school would have to travel much much farther. Those sports are already do not make any money...now they would be adding huge travel costs, especially for bb.
It would make absolutely NO financial sense for the Big East to add the Big 12 teams. AND a conference is not going to add teams just to be adding teams; those teams have to bring something to the conference and what exactly would these teams bring, other than warm bodies and big extra mouths to feed?
If the Big 12 breaks up...the clowns might have a couple of choices....Mountain West, MAC, and possibly Conference USA, all of which do not have a big pot of money to share. I suppose the Mountain West could expand to two divisions. That conference is located primarily in low population states and cannot garner a large TV pact (and adding these four teams is not going to up the ante). Thus the athletic budgets of the four new teams would drop very dramatically and I'm not sure that the other MWC teams would be thrilled having to share what little money they get every year with a team like isu who again would add NOTHING to that conference.
What exactly would isu bring to a new conference? Their recruiting would drop off even worse than it already is and the quality of their team would drop accordingly.
But maybe they could compete in a conference like the MWC. One bright note for isu would be that they would get to play New Mexico and thus they might not be the bottom feeder in football in that conference? Of course, I believe the last time the clowns played at Wyoming, they got their heads handed to them. I was at that game...what a fun time we had.
