(01-18-2020 05:07 AM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  This is much ado about nothing. Craig Thompson should have kept his mouth shut. This is an issue they don’t need to deal with for another five years. There was no reason to bring this issue up. At the end of the day, the current deal costs the other ten teams each $180,000 annually. Boise State can make that up in college football playoff revenue, if they can continue to play at their current level. If they drop off or other schools emerge in the next five years, then they can have the discussion with Boise State about the current contract.

One thing I am certain of, Boise State is not sending their Olympic sports to an eastern or southern conference. If they did join the AAC at some point in the future, they would drop their Olympic sports in the WAC. Boise State is starting baseball in 2020 and since the Big Sky does not have baseball, the WAC is a better fit.

This past season, Boise State had 38 California players on their football roster. They would have to think hard about moving out of a western conference, especially when the revenue difference is minimal. They are not going to leave the MWC.

Boise State will not send their Olympics to the WAC. Even though I would love to see it, it's not happening. Back when they were joining the Big East, they planned on doing that, before the WAC was weakened. They're not going to play with Dixie St, Cal Baptist, Tarleton St, and Chicago St.

They would need an absolute homerun deal for their football team to leave the MWC. The Big West probably wouldn't take them now, the Big Sky is "too small time for them" and the WCC isn't taking them. Their only real option is the WAC, but like I said, not happening without a sweet deal