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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 5081378, member: 694"] I don't see more than one more MWC if they can help it. The Pac-2 penalties currently sit at $43M for the first four. Adding UNLV prior to August 2026 would put it to $55M (in your scenario the fees would jump to $67.5M without any kind of exit fee subsidy to Utah St or UNLV). They are also reportedly subsidizing at least some of the $18M team exit fees for the first four (a full subsidy would take the cost to $115M already just for the first four teams). This is coming out of the Pac-2's reported $255M war chest, some of which needs to be retained for operations. AAC exit fees are going to run north of $25M (allegedly $27.5M) as the Pac-6 needs at least 2 of them prior to next season to be a full conference. The challenge is the Pac-6 doesn't have anything but projections on what the TV money could be. If it's 15M per, then it becomes a situation where it makes sense for some of the legacy members who are still reportedly getting full shares; vs the new members who are only getting half shares. At 10M it becomes a game of chicken for the full share members who'd be fearful of being left holding the bag. My guess is as much as anything it's a negotiating ploy for Memphis & Tulane to express their hesitancy with a hope of extracting some level of subsidy from the Pac-2 on their exit fees. A full subsidy for Memphis & Tulane would be $55M (which is actually cheaper than a full subsidy for two more MWC ($60.5M)). I don't see both UTSA & North Texas getting the nod. I think they'd look to Rice ahead of North Texas if they really needed two Texas schools, but I think their ideal is Memphis & Tulane. UTSA & UNLV probably later once the penalties expire for MWC schools & the lower full notice exit fee period expires. Utah State is one of the schools they're actively trying to leave, I really think that UNLV the only MWC school remaining the potential list, unless they desperately need to add an 8th. [MEDIA=twitter]1838015159429652571[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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