Big East Exit Fee Issue...

[Economics_Nerd82]

Where does the exit fee go exactly? Does it have to be divided up among Big East schools or can the $15 million go to enticing other school(s) to join the conference? I would suppose the most obvious would be paying or subsidizing the exit fee. Possibly even give out $1million for any team that wins a BCS bowl (in addition to the payout) or the NCAA tournament over the next 5 years. That could be pretty enticing for a team to want to join the Big East. Just a random thought.

[Economics_Nerd82]

Or if we need to add 6 teams to get to 12 then:

$5 million for the first team that fills out an application and joins

$4 million for the second team that fills out an application and joins

$3 million for the third team that fills out an application and joins

$2 million for the fourth team that fills out an application and joins

$1 million for the fifth team that fills out an application and joins

and nothing for sixth team.... because they're last and should have been faster and most likely UCF.

[Bullshiznitz]

Because there are two scenarios.  One is that we lose at most one other team in the BE.  If there is no other bleeding, the Big East will add four teams and keep the AQ for at least a couple of years.  Mac has a point and maybe the BE goes after Boise, if that can happen. 

The other alternative is that the Big East folds and the teams then get sucked up by the larger conferences.  We would be one of the teams picked up.  We are a member of the big boy club.  Politics are strange, but that is enough clout to very likely not be left out in the cold.  Again, mac has some points about the number of BCS teams and why there needs to be a majority.  The BCS schools would rather take care of a couple of former BE teams than let an entire set of new teams in from the Mountain West. 

Don't think that Big 12 and Big East conference invites are being influenced to some degree by the other conferences.  Genshaft and USF aren't the Florida Gators, but there is some political capital available.

I think adding Boise would lock up our AQ status for the Big East beyond 2014, especially if West Virginia does well and we do.  Despite out loss to Pitt, we still can have a great season and end the season ranked.  Cincy is another one that may be able to climb. 

If the B1G and the Big XII decide to go to 14 then the five other BCS leagues would be able to have their majority, but it doesn't seem like the B1G wants to grow and if the Big XII goes to 14 then we have nothing to worry about anyways because we'd probably get an invite. 

But money talks in these conferences.  If the Big XII goes beyond ten then they dilute their per school payout.  The SEC will expand because it gives them a right to renegotiate and demand more money then the PAC-12, though adding Mizzou would dilute that money even further.  I think the SEC only adds another team if they feel it will bring enough money to make it worthwhile - probably and extra $20M a year or more to the deal to pay for itself.  But adding a 14th team will take about $1.5 million out of the pockets of each school in TV revenue to pay that team.

The PAC-12 clearly isn't interested in growing either.  And the ACC probably was only willing to go to 16 if the SEC did or if the PAC did.

And it's exactly true - why change the current BCS lineup.  The media will kavetch about the Big East, but how good is the MWC?  They don't play equivalent competition and they have some downright bad teams (New Mexico and UNLV anybody?).

Without that sixth BCS conference there is a stronger possibility of bowls, TV revenue, and most anything else being given over to the NCAA directly.  This actually would be the best hope for a playoff of some kind, but the BCS conferences have no interest in that because they have CONTROL over the current system.

And if BCS AQ status can hop between the MWC and the Big East then what incentive do they have to vote for the system if they can easily lose their AQ status every four years or less?  That's actually something that makes Villanova moving up appealing when you couple it with the other FCS teams moving up.  That would bring the FBS teams up to 125 and increase the amount needed for a majority in order to keep the BCS system in place. 

And what if some successful FCS teams wanted to move up?  Georgia Southern, Delaware, Appalachian State and others? 

I think you need at least 65 BCS teams in order to ensure your majority.  There are 67 currently counting ND and there will be 68 next year when TCU gets added to the Big XII.  Shrinking that number would not be the best option. 

And I would argue that one of the reasons we've seen formerly non-BCS teams added is to expand that majority ahead of the 2013 expansion of the FBS.  I'm sure there might even be a few schools in BCS conferences that could be convinced to vote for giving the NCAA more power, maybe even establish a commissioner to oversee things.  The conferences would not like that. 

I'm glad somone else gets it.  The Big East won't be losing their AQ.  In fact I would argue that it benefits the BCS cartel to allow the Big East to expand and keep their bid.  One, it will give them a greater majority of BCS schools v non-bcs, and it will also essentially kill the mid-majos from possibly ever getting another BCS bid.  The MWC wouldbe done without Boise andAF, and CUSA would be severely hurt if they lose a combination of SMU/Houston/UCF/ECU.