when their conference seems to bend over backwards to rig things in their favor?
(it's cool to talk about non-bear-related things today, right?)
(it's cool to talk about non-bear-related things today, right?)
Why on earth would BYU even want to go independent
- Thread starter jakldawg
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First of all their fan base is not like other schools fan base. They are the members of the Latter Day Saint Church. There are roughly 7.5 million in the United States. It does not matter what conference they are in or not in, the fan base will stay the same and they will still get the same recruits they get now.
Reasons I think for leaving:
1.They are not limited toa certain numberof out of conference games a year. They can sell them selves to 12 now.
2.They don't need the support of the conference to survive.
3.The mountain west suck. That conference don't make money for you anyways. Almost like being independent but have to obey their rules.
4.The school has plenty of money with out them.
5.The school has it's own TV Network. They can be seen on Satellite every Saturday.
I hate BYU football. Both my brother in laws graduated from there and I have to here smack talk from them. I usually win the brawl.
Reasons I think for leaving:
1.They are not limited toa certain numberof out of conference games a year. They can sell them selves to 12 now.
2.They don't need the support of the conference to survive.
3.The mountain west suck. That conference don't make money for you anyways. Almost like being independent but have to obey their rules.
4.The school has plenty of money with out them.
5.The school has it's own TV Network. They can be seen on Satellite every Saturday.
I hate BYU football. Both my brother in laws graduated from there and I have to here smack talk from them. I usually win the brawl.
There was an article a month or two ago comparing UGA and BYU in football over the last 8 or so years.
They have virtually the exact same overall record. Like within 1 win and 1 loss pretty much, and i dont remember which had the better %, it was almost the exact same.
Anyways, they then compared bowl money in the same timeframe and BYU got 900K/game and UGA averaged like 4million or something that was staggaringly higher. Added up, BYU had something like 8million and UGA had something like 35 or so million...mighta been higher.
Just tried to find the article and couldnt in the first check, would be nice with all the correct numbers, but the lesson is the same- they were getting dick for money. Why not go independent? Its not like they will get a lower payout than they arlready were getting.
Plus they have that network.
I do love the move for basketball. The WCC will be even better with BYU added in. It will be funny to see a conference of small Christian schools compared to a massive quasiChristian school when it comes to arena sizes. Pretty sure BYU's arena holds 4 average sized WCC arenas...maybe 5. But the basketball overall will be even better than it already is.</p>
They have virtually the exact same overall record. Like within 1 win and 1 loss pretty much, and i dont remember which had the better %, it was almost the exact same.
Anyways, they then compared bowl money in the same timeframe and BYU got 900K/game and UGA averaged like 4million or something that was staggaringly higher. Added up, BYU had something like 8million and UGA had something like 35 or so million...mighta been higher.
Just tried to find the article and couldnt in the first check, would be nice with all the correct numbers, but the lesson is the same- they were getting dick for money. Why not go independent? Its not like they will get a lower payout than they arlready were getting.
Plus they have that network.
I do love the move for basketball. The WCC will be even better with BYU added in. It will be funny to see a conference of small Christian schools compared to a massive quasiChristian school when it comes to arena sizes. Pretty sure BYU's arena holds 4 average sized WCC arenas...maybe 5. But the basketball overall will be even better than it already is.</p>