Post by atownbeaver on Sept 13, 2024 14:16:26 GMT -8
the jump from FCS to D-1 is astronomical. North Dakota State, a FCS that has won like 17 national championships or whatever lost to a bad Colorado team in week 1. sure, every now and then an FCS team surprises a D-1 team. but it is always a surprise.
They would be an absolute doormat year in and year out in the new Pac. Sorry but it is true. Even with a 10-15 million bump in funding.
but more to the point. Spokane is the 67th ranked Media Market in the US. Eastern Washington University itself is a $32 million endowment university with a $200 million budget. They only offer 10 master degree programs and 1 doctoral program in physical therapy. They have little to no research activity. the worst of the MWC schools we brought on is still literally 10x the school EWU is in terms of endowment and all have significantly larger enrollments and degree offerings.
and as I argued against Sac St. we are looking for teams that excite. We do not need to reach down, we need to reach across and up. WHY? why on earth would we reach down for teams? there is no reason. We need teams that elevate the conference.
Our goal here is to make the Pac-12 a Power Conference. that is the mission. that is what we are trying to do. Eastern Washington. Sacramento State, no FCS school on this planet moves that needle. It won't contribute to the sum of making us so strong of a G5 conference we are, in effect a Power conference and our new media deal hits at $20M plus. Eastern Washington brings zero value to TV deal. it probably hurts it. they are dead weight on a TV deal.
