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Message: [QUOTE="Rufus, post: 5170898, member: 7277"] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]It doesn't make sense to have both the new PAC-12 and the Mountain West in existence, just like it doesn't make sense to have Conference USA in existence. They only maintain their technicalities of existing as conferences because so many FCS schools have moved up to FBS. The G5 have had so much upheaval in the last few years that it's impossible to know what their true media rights value will be going forward. Look at the American. Their current payout is based on the fact that Houston, Cincinnati, UCF and SMU were in the fold and not North Texas, UAB, etc. The next media rights package will be corrective in nature for them. Same with the Mountain West who are losing their top revenue producing schools to the new PAC-12. Same with Conference USA, who has almost an entirely new membership since their last media rights package. And maybe part of the loss is offset because the value of college sports increases with time, but they are still going to be hit pretty hard when that market correction of the actual value of current members takes place with the next media rights packages. This is why Memphis and Tulane need to know what the PAC-12 value is and they need to know what the current value of the American is with current membership before deciding to jump or not.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]