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Message: <blockquote data-quote="michaelwalkerbr" data-source="post: 131744524" data-attributes="member: 1601483">RM, it is WVU's decision along with another P5 conference. As far as value, WVU brings more than most according to a study quoted on the other board. It also makes sense. Choosing a school to expand with comes down to two things, I thing we can agree.What does it bring to the conference financially and what does it bring other schools? Very few, if any of the households in W Va. currently subscribe to the ACCN. Add Mountaineer Nation, which is much larger than the state itself to the subscriber list.Mountaineer Nation consists of displaced Mountaineers, mostly over the Carolinas and Florida. We're talking hundreds of thousands of people. Many thousands in the Charlotte area alone as shown when they have a WVU game at 73,300 seat Bank of America Stadium. Most recently we kicked the hell out of Tennessee there. I was there along with other WVU fans that filled 2/3 of the stadium.We would substantially increase ACCN subscriptions. There are also the stadium sellouts we create. That is a very substantial chunk of money for our rivals in the ACC. A 60,000 seat stadium generates about $3 million for each sold out game. Probably about $1 million after costs. That is important to at least 4 of the ACC teams. Our ticket sales generate about the same money as the MAC contribution each year.Projections are just that, ******** predictions based upon bias and what little someone has read.  I honestly believe WVU is in for a double digit win year. We are rising back out of mediocrity to a top 20 program in football and basketball. We've been there before, we know what it takes to get there again.</blockquote>

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