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<blockquote data-quote="MikeRafone" data-source="post: 129619779" data-attributes="member: 1482681">Drop the mission exemption and not playing on Sunday and they might be worth it. The first would give them them a huge competitive advantage over the other teams in the league. Don't forget those kids normally spend a redshirt year learning the system before heading off for two years of spreading the word at 19.If I'm an opposing AD/HC outside of the mountain west region where Mormons make up a sizable percentage of the population, there is no way I'm letting the mission exemption stand if they want in the league. Not playing on Sundays is a minor thing compared to the first. The mission exemption may be the actual issue that is hanging up BYU's entry into the Big-12. Many of the powers that be at the religious schools, Baylor and TCU, essentially consider Mormons to be odd heretics at best. TCU had to let the mission exemption slide once because they had no other place to go but the Mountain West Conference. With Baylor in their camp, and residing firmly in Texas' pocket, I doubt they'll let it be a thorn in their side again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MikeRafone, post: 129619779, member: 1482681"] Drop the mission exemption and not playing on Sunday and they might be worth it. The first would give them them a huge competitive advantage over the other teams in the league. Don't forget those kids normally spend a redshirt year learning the system before heading off for two years of spreading the word at 19. If I'm an opposing AD/HC outside of the mountain west region where Mormons make up a sizable percentage of the population, there is no way I'm letting the mission exemption stand if they want in the league. Not playing on Sundays is a minor thing compared to the first. The mission exemption may be the actual issue that is hanging up BYU's entry into the Big-12. Many of the powers that be at the religious schools, Baylor and TCU, essentially consider Mormons to be odd heretics at best. TCU had to let the mission exemption slide once because they had no other place to go but the Mountain West Conference. With Baylor in their camp, and residing firmly in Texas' pocket, I doubt they'll let it be a thorn in their side again. [/QUOTE]

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