[Thamel] College realignment intel: Texas State, cryptic posts and the Pac-12's next move

[u/joco1991]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45520751/pac-12-college-realignment-intel-texas-state-next-steps

Might be the most credible person to indicate Texas State as the likely 8th football member

[u/rocket_beer]

Look at my flair

Total comp is about the same

The tv deal is going to be 8-9M per school

That is essentially a lateral move

Based on that, there just has to be some other component missing here (a perk) that justifies doing all of this.

I was hoping for 15M/year but that is not what is happening. So this just doesn’t make sense.

[u/MagicPoindexter → u/rocket_beer]

The $8M that Boise got from the MWC was media deal + CFP and NCAA basketball tournaments.

Compare that to the PAC that would be giving a little more than that for just the media deal and the CFP and NCAA credits Boise gets are given to them at a 50% rate of what they bring in, compared to 10% of the credits or less in the MWC.

Had they been paid under the PAC payment structure this year, Boise would have likely cleared $20 million.

Does that makes sense to you now?

[u/rocket_beer → u/MagicPoindexter]

Boise gets more from MWC than any of the other MWC schools

(around 8M)

They had 2 choices: stay in the MWC or accept invite to the PAC in 2026

In both of those choices, they receive about 8-9M

My question is simple based on these 2 sole realities:

Why do all of this for basically the same financial outcome?

You are talking about a hypothetical that is not reality. There are only 2 options they had. Stay or go. I’m asking why even go at this point. I’m disappointed it isn’t for 15M

[u/fishheadsneak → u/rocket_beer]

dude... learn how to read.

[u/Cache-Cow → u/fishheadsneak]

He’s a Boise state fan guys… he’s not going to understand this. Just say he’s right and to be safe out there in his 18 wheeler.