Problem is, Fresno and Nevada will have to pay the WAC $5 million a piece for leaving, a stipulation the WAC put in place after Boise jumped.
Yeah, right. Good luck to the WAC in trying to collect that dough. You can't just put that stipulation in place long after membership is established and contracts are signed. They would have certainly had to sweeten the pot for the schools before any deal like that was made.
Simply put, I highly doubt that is true. If Toledo and Buffalo were to leave the MAC, the MAC can't just suddenly say that it will cost any other schools $5M to leave.
Google it, there are literally 50 different news articles right now saying that is the deal, $5 Million to leave the conference. In fact not one news story stating otherwise. On top of the $5 Million dollar exit fee those schools will pay a $1 Million dollar entry fee.
if that's the case...
--------------
Fresno State might look idiotic for agreeing to a buyout clause with a conference just two months before it left the conference, but it also shows it believed Benson and the WAC had a chance to win the war.
The WAC almost did and, ultimately, Thompson had to make a desperate play for two schools that weren't good enough for him in June.
This wasn't about the BCS though. This was about survival. And Fresno State saved him.
------------------
... then obviously the WAC lawyers have better negotiating skills than Tim O'Shea's agent. I don't think there's any other angle here. Idiotic isn't a strong enough word. Still can't believe it.
Last Edited: 8/19/2010 11:46:42 AM by Deciduous Forest Cat