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Re: Who's panicking?
Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that one of the xDSU's wouldn't make the move by themselves if given the opportunity, I just find it doubtful that a conference would offer 1 without the other due to geography.
In terms of finances, we have the ability to make the move to MVC should the opportunity present itself.
Of course we would start out at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of funding when coming into the conference, that's generally part of the deal when you upgrade your conference. And for all the add expenses to be competitive in the conference, there are also revenue streams that aren't available to us currently in the Summit. The Missouri Valley has a television deal, larger attendance at their conference tournament, and a higher probability of getting multiple teams into the NCAA tournament, all of which would increase SDSU's revenue if they were a part of it. Not to mention that Northern Iowa, Drake, and Creighton coming to Brookings would be incredibly attractive opponents for fans and would be close enough we could get visiting fans from them as well.
Much like when we made the jump to Division I, moving to a better conference is a process. We aren't going to walk into the league on an equal budget to most, if any of the teams, but that doesn't mean we can't or won't get there either. We've been blessed with some good administrators running our athletic department and I have faith they'll get the job done with the time comes.
Originally posted by joeboo22
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In terms of finances, we have the ability to make the move to MVC should the opportunity present itself.
Of course we would start out at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of funding when coming into the conference, that's generally part of the deal when you upgrade your conference. And for all the add expenses to be competitive in the conference, there are also revenue streams that aren't available to us currently in the Summit. The Missouri Valley has a television deal, larger attendance at their conference tournament, and a higher probability of getting multiple teams into the NCAA tournament, all of which would increase SDSU's revenue if they were a part of it. Not to mention that Northern Iowa, Drake, and Creighton coming to Brookings would be incredibly attractive opponents for fans and would be close enough we could get visiting fans from them as well.
Much like when we made the jump to Division I, moving to a better conference is a process. We aren't going to walk into the league on an equal budget to most, if any of the teams, but that doesn't mean we can't or won't get there either. We've been blessed with some good administrators running our athletic department and I have faith they'll get the job done with the time comes.
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