That's a pretty subjective opinion, especially if you look at the long term impact of having the San Diego market and school system. They are on the right trajectory to be exactly the kind of school the PAC wants in their conference footprint.
There are serious and legitimate concerns about losing SDSU to the Big12. It would hurt recruit…
That's a pretty subjective opinion, especially if you look at the long term impact of having the San Diego market and school system. They are on the right trajectory to be exactly the kind of school the PAC wants in their conference footprint.
There are serious and legitimate concerns about losing SDSU to the Big12. It would hurt recruiting and it also likely reduce future media dollars (we benefit from the pacific time zone monopoly we currently have in P5 conferences). If the Big12 is suddenly competing for our time slots, that makes it harder to negotiate future conference value, etc.
I'm just saying that it's not so much of a clear step up/down in bringing SDSU into the fold. There are likely serious repercussions for leaving them out of the PAC. Ultimately it could be a bigger step down for the conference if the BIG12 scenario plays out. Big12 gains in CA are loses for the PAC. Simple as that IMO.
That's a pretty subjective opinion, especially if you look at the long term impact of having the San Diego market and school system. They are on the right trajectory to be exactly the kind of school the PAC wants in their conference footprint.
There are serious and legitimate concerns about losing SDSU to the Big12. It would hurt recruiting and it also likely reduce future media dollars (we benefit from the pacific time zone monopoly we currently have in P5 conferences). If the Big12 is suddenly competing for our time slots, that makes it harder to negotiate future conference value, etc.
I'm just saying that it's not so much of a clear step up/down in bringing SDSU into the fold. There are likely serious repercussions for leaving them out of the PAC. Ultimately it could be a bigger step down for the conference if the BIG12 scenario plays out. Big12 gains in CA are loses for the PAC. Simple as that IMO.
That's the best argument I've heard.