Of course it’s counterintuitive if your looking at the best possible product.
Of course if your a Disney Bean Counter
devaluating the B12 and adding
WVA
OSU
Kansas
Baylor
Maybe even 2 more to the AAC is less costly
That move enables you to get those schools significantly cheaper than the sane way.
If I where in the B12 who will be cash heavy
I’d offer Aresco the Conference President job plus a signing bonus
to sell out ECU, Temple, Tulane , Tulsa , and maybe one or two more and merge the rest
That would be a less drastic hair cut for the B12 schools and decent bump for the AAC survivors. It will cost more money and Aresco can claim P5 .
Adding, Cinncy, Houston, SMU , Memphis , to the mix makes it a 7-8 team BB tourney contender.