UConnDan97
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It appears that the money isn't there for them to make the merger anymore:
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/17/report-c-usa-mwc-no-longer-merging/
The irony in this is that the merger was in effect killed by what would be lost revenue....from basketball! Still, I don't wish harm on any other team (except one) or any other conference (except one...that we might join someday). If there ends up being a "feel-good" portion from this, it might be that the C-USA takes up Louisiana Tech, a team that has been crapped on long before realignment as we know it by having to join the WAC and with yearly trips to Fresno or Hawaii. Brutal...
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/17/report-c-usa-mwc-no-longer-merging/
The irony in this is that the merger was in effect killed by what would be lost revenue....from basketball! Still, I don't wish harm on any other team (except one) or any other conference (except one...that we might join someday). If there ends up being a "feel-good" portion from this, it might be that the C-USA takes up Louisiana Tech, a team that has been crapped on long before realignment as we know it by having to join the WAC and with yearly trips to Fresno or Hawaii. Brutal...