PAC-12 Expansion perhaps this week

On the do unto others thing... one could look at it as the Pac 2 isn't raiding the MWC, the Pac 2 is optioning in on a negotiated buyout that Nevarez insisted upon.

The remaining schools have been getting 3-3.5 million a year each from their TV contract. Now the Pac will pay the league 40+ million, and the schools that are leaving will apparently pay the league a combined 68 million.

The MWC will be well compensated, without having to go through months to years of the unknown involved in court (if it chooses to do so). The MWC is sitting flush. They probably will be on the phone with 2 Dakota schools and maybe a Montana school shortly, if they haven't been already.

It's only somewhat remotely like what happened in our case.

Over the past year some saw the MWC commissioner as one smart person. Still feel that way?

I can’t imagine both NV schools NOT being part of this. But, I’m getting used to being surprised and wrong.

This is for the 2026 season right? Meaning not this season, not next season but the season after that. Right? So we will still need a schedule for next year

I am impressed with the moves OSU/WSU have made with the cards they were dealt and left holding.
First, make sure that the partner(s) that cheated on you and divorced you didn't take all of the hard-won assets with them as they left skid marks. Secure a war chest to fund recovery from the breakup.
Second, secure a credible immediate schedule for all the sports teams - piecing that together with MWC/WCC/independent tie-ins was likely a lot of time and effort.
Use all the scheduling to take inventory of regional teams/interest and likely broach conversations on deeper relationships.
Next, get visibility on TV and remain in the conversations.
Likely, somewhere in here is where the MWC commish overplayed the hand. Trying to protect all her conference schools led to Ts&Cs that likely contributed to this day, but I suspect the Pac-2 is only willing to put up with so much "conference dilution".
Rivalry week means a lot of eyes on the games and conversation, so developing a plan, destination and the beginnings of the newly rebuilt conference in this timeframe was imperative.
I think Barnes said chaos is something that can be capitalized on, and I am sure by presenting the beginnings of a high-quality conference and destination, there are some teams out there taking note. At some point, you don't want to use your warchest to pry more partners out of conferences, you want to create a desire in them to pry themselves out of their current situations......and maybe you help them once the talks get serious.
So next, some notion of the media deal needs to become part of the rollout.
Will it be CW? Or Apple? Or something new?
And a few more teams need to come into the fold (I think UNLV would be good, and something in Bay Area). 

Well done by the Pac-2 conference leaders, well timed, and I guess at the end of the day if it's just a business, good job making lemonade out of the lemons.

I look forward to the next steps on this intriguing journey. I think there is a saying out there along the lines of "the best revenge to take on your ex is a well-lived life".........Let's do that!

Go Beavers!

I wouldn't count out Cal & Stanford or Arizona State. Cal and Stanford are hemorrhaging funds, Cal reportedly is $165 million in the red and Stanford not far behind, to make matters worse, Stanford and Cal, will be 30% of a whole ACC share for the next SEVEN years. Year 8 it goes to 70%, 75% in Year 9 and then full financial shares in the 10th year, that's a long time.

I think the commissioner is a person that played the hand dealt at every turn. She knew as soon as the Pac crumbled and OSU and WSU were not in another large conference they were a target. If OSU/WSU were not in, MWC was going to be attacked. She did what any smart commissioner would do. Get as much as she could, protect what she could. 

I would say yeah, she was smart. She is in an impossible situation. She did what she could do with practically no leverage in a no-win situation.