AndShock wrote:SWOMO will NEVER average 25k fans per game. SWOMO can only aspire to be half of what Arkansas State is.
Aargh wrote:I had never heard of Arkansas State until the discussion of MSU to the SunBelt came up. Another school I didn't know existed until the current discussion is North Dakota. I suppose I probably knew there was a North Dakota, but I never heard of them.
Right now may be the worst time possible for any FB decisions other than dropping FB. The P5 have the ability to make any other college FB irrelevant, other than to local fans. If a school has enough local fans to support a program in that situation, then that school can continue supporting a FB program.
That school is likely to become irrelevant in all sports because of the financial and human resources that have to be dedicated to an irrelevant FB program.
Aargh wrote:I had never heard of Arkansas State until the discussion of MSU to the SunBelt came up. Another school I didn't know existed until the current discussion is North Dakota. I suppose I probably knew there was a North Dakota, but I never heard of them.
Right now may be the worst time possible for any FB decisions other than dropping FB. The P5 have the ability to make any other college FB irrelevant, other than to local fans. If a school has enough local fans to support a program in that situation, then that school can continue supporting a FB program.
That school is likely to become irrelevant in all sports because of the financial and human resources that have to be dedicated to an irrelevant FB program.
jackwagon wrote:Coming from somebody who is a huge college football fan, Arkansas State is irrelevant to anyone that is not a fan of the team or who lives near there. I couldnt tell you one important game they or anyone in the sunbelt ever played. MVC basketball is more relevant and always has been.
That being said I am one of the people who believes that the valley would be better off with no football. D1-AA football is decent quality, but doesn't get the attention or money worth the funds it takes to run it. Our schools would be better off pouring that money into basketball.
Sir Sci wrote:Without a football team, the only conferences even available to WSU to move to are the A-10 and the Big East. I find the A-10 incredibly unlikely simply because of geography, especially if SLU moves to the Big East someday. Quite simply, a team in Kansas isn't going to be in the Atlantic 10. The Big East is entirely private, and only one is not a Catholic school. Ya, WSU isn't going to fit.
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