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UteStar · 08-24-2007, 05:41 PM

So, BYU goes independent. What happens with all of the other sports? Why would a conference agree to keep all of the other sports and let BYU leave in football. Let me know how it goes in scheduling th women's volleyball team, the women's soccer team, etc. The BYU Athletic Department would crash and burn.

MikeWaters · 08-24-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by UteStar

So, BYU goes independent. What happens with all of the other sports? Why would a conference agree to keep all of the other sports and let BYU leave in football. Let me know how it goes in scheduling th women's volleyball team, the women's soccer team, etc. The BYU Athletic Department would crash and birth

Who cares. Big Sky.

jay santos · 08-24-2007, 05:42 PM

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Sometimes getting out of a so so marriage doesn't mean the next wife will be a trophy.

I'm not advocating going independent. But I think it's very clear that going independent is financially better and poses very little risk long term.

dallas dan · 08-24-2007, 05:43 PM

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Are you not aware that we schedule four teams per year, currently? We schedule home and home's with large schools. We occasionally offer a 1 for 2 with a Notre Dame type school. We offer cash for a one home game contract with non-D1A or cruddy D1A schools occasionally. Home games bring in about $500K revenue, so we can afford to pay teams for that.

Four???? Try that with 11. That is ridiculous. What advantages would the BCS schools have with scheduling that many home and homes with us? None. Notre Dame can do it because they are Notre Dame.

Rickomatic · 08-24-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by UteStar

So, BYU goes independent. What happens with all of the other sports? Why would a conference agree to keep all of the other sports and let BYU leave in football. Let me know how it goes in scheduling th women's volleyball team, the women's soccer team, etc. The BYU Athletic Department would crash and birth

The Big Sky would jump for a chance to have BYU sports added.

UteStar · 08-24-2007, 05:44 PM

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Who cares. Big Sky.

LOL...cool, congratulations on the Big Sky. No doubt the supporters will love the road trips to Eastern Washington, Sacramento and Montana State. I think you are on to something Mike.

jay santos · 08-24-2007, 05:45 PM

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So, BYU goes independent. What happens with all of the other sports? Why would a conference agree to keep all of the other sports and let BYU leave in football. Let me know how it goes in scheduling th women's volleyball team, the women's soccer team, etc. The BYU Athletic Department would crash and birth

This is a legitimate argument, and maybe the only reason that keeps me from advocating more for independence.

dallas dan · 08-24-2007, 05:46 PM

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I'm not advocating going independent. But I think it's very clear that going independent is financially better and poses very little risk long term.

Financially better??? Are you factoring in expenses? Why doesn't BYU ever travel to the east? It is very expensive. This is not rational to think that independent would be better financially. Going to a bowl game every four years is not going to provide the revenue necessary to keep it afloat. Unless you have access to the Athletic Department Financials, I find it hard to believe that independent is the answer financially.

UteStar · 08-24-2007, 05:47 PM

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This is a legitimate argument, and maybe the only reason that keeps me from advocating more for independence.

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To be honest, it should be the only argument. It makes no sense financially. And on top of that, if BYU did do it for football and their teams went thru another Crowton era, well, BYU would quickly become BYU-P and athletics would be gone.

How is that for a doomsday scenario.

Rickomatic · 08-24-2007, 05:48 PM

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To be honest, it should be the only argument. It makes no sense financially. And on top of that, if BYU did do it for football and their teams went thru another Crowton era, well, BYU would quickly become BYU-P and athletics would be gone.

How is that for a doomsday scenario.

I thought the U would like that.

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UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	So, BYU goes independent. What happens with all of the other sports? Why would a conference agree to keep all of the other sports and let BYU leave in football. Let me know how it goes in scheduling th women's volleyball team, the women's soccer team, etc. The BYU Athletic Department would crash and burn. Last edited by UteStar; 08-24-2007 at 05:47 PM.