BYU and Big 12 expansion

[patdog]

BYU should be a slam dunk, but 3 big issues. One is the Big 12 would double their Longhorn Network network problem if they bring in BYU's network. Two is BYU's no Sundays policy. Easy enough to schedule around in the regular season, but if you bring them in for all sports, you're going to have to schedule every conference tournament you play to end on Saturday. And three is geography. The conference already spans 1,500 miles. Do they really want to make it 2,000? I could see BYU as a football only member, but I don't think they get in as a full member.

 

[dawgatUSM]

Another issue is that they recently has a woman sexually assaulted in her dorm room and they expelled the woman because she wasn't supposed to be having men in the dorm. So they don't exactly line up with the current climate.

 

[eckie1]

Regarding conference tournaments....

BYU should be a slam dunk, but 3 big issues. One is the Big 12 would double their Longhorn Network network problem if they bring in BYU's network. Two is BYU's no Sundays policy. Easy enough to schedule around in the regular season, but if you bring them in for all sports, you're going to have to schedule every conference tournament you play to end on Saturday. And three is geography. The conference already spans 1,500 miles. Do they really want to make it 2,000? I could see BYU as a football only member, but I don't think they get in as a full member.

I can't imagine the Big 12 rearranging their tournaments for one school. If BYU ever got to a Sunday final, I would expect them to have to forfeit if they didn't want to play.

Can you imagine the response that would come from telling the Steers or the Squatters that they'd have to play 2 games in one day because BYU won't play on Sunday?

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

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[patdog]

Good point. The last thing the Big 12 needs right now is another religious school that tolerates sexual assault of women.

 

[GloryDawg]

BYU should be a slam dunk, but 3 big issues. One is the Big 12 would double their Longhorn Network network problem if they bring in BYU's network. Two is BYU's no Sundays policy. Easy enough to schedule around in the regular season, but if you bring them in for all sports, you're going to have to schedule every conference tournament you play to end on Saturday. And three is geography. The conference already spans 1,500 miles. Do they really want to make it 2,000? I could see BYU as a football only member, but I don't think they get in as a full member.

The only reason for expansion is to have a play off game in football. The other sports really isn't a major concern for the reason of expanding.

 

[patdog]

The NCAA changed the rule last year. The Big 12 could have a championship game in football now if they wanted to. They're so dysfunctional they fought for years to get the rule changed & then didn't take advantage of it.

 

[11thEagleFan]

For all your Big 12 expansion questions, ask yourself the following:

1) Will it make the conference more money? The answer is yes, BYU will add a lot more money.

2) Will it make Texas happy? Texas wants Houston to join.

And those are your additions if they stop at two.

 

[DancingRabbit]

Would the Big 12 want a cut of the underwear sales? Could be a sticking point.

I used to work in Salt Lake City one week a month for a couple years, way back in the 80s. The company I worked with in SLC was owned by a non-Mormon who had married a Mormon lady. He was a great old guy. His son, who actively managed the company, was a practicing Mormon as were all the kids. He wasn't a strict follower though, because he couldn't abstain from Coca Cola. He was a great guy too.

The older guy always looked forward to me coming to town because he had someone to share a bottle of wine with while eating a good steak.

I think it's a bit of a problem for BYU, PR-wise, that women can't report a rape if they were drinking because they will be kicked out of school.

 

[mcdawg22]

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