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Originally Posted by Indy Coug
Again, you presume that any change is better than the status quo. Jay's "analysis" is a start, but his assumptions are way too optimistic, IMO, and don't include any real risk analysis.
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Indy where's the risk? In the 1-26 basketball season, BYU got better TV ratings than Utah did (#9 all time program just ask them).
BYU interest is exploding. Coming off three losing seasons, we sold out the Vegas Bowl two years in a row. Even during those three losing seasons and a bogged down by a MWC schedule we had home games against USC and Notre Dame to market. Either one of those could have funded the entire MWC TV budget split.
The risk is in the non-football sports. And that's a big risk. There's virtually no risk in football.
The story here is whether or not a huge financial and exposure benefit in football is worth risk in the other sports. It almost seems silly to worry about risk to the football program when we get so little from the conference currently.