(04-14-2014 04:39 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-13-2014 07:22 PM)Rik Flair Wrote:  

(04-13-2014 06:54 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  

(04-13-2014 06:31 PM)Rik Flair Wrote:  I think the Sun Belt should give NMSU and ultimatum and boot Idaho. Moscow is just too far. Our league is not as desperate as Benson acts. To NMSU, I would offer all sports, move on or pay about $500k to be a football only member. The same for UMASS, they can be football only, but it will cost them $500k. If they don't like it, no hard feelings and good luck.

Why would NMSU need an ultimatum? They WANT to be in all sports. It was the Sun Belt that said no to that.

If that it is true, I wasn't aware. First time I have heard that. I would hope the SBC would change their minds and offer them a chance for all sports.

NMSU would move all of its sports to the Sun Belt, willingly. They play in a dumpster fire of a conference with just as much travel as they'd have to perform in the Sun Belt. They play in a conference with a for profit 'college'. And UTPA, which was tossed from the Sun Belt (for real, they were expelled for sucking really badly).

I have no problem having our womens basketball, mens basketball, baseball, and softball teams traveling to the El Paso area once (at most) each year.

Quite frankly, I'd rather have NMSU's basketball than their football.

NMSU basketball along with UMASS providing some basketball games for exposure to our conference would help considerably.