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At least something good came from our scoreless tie in Abilene last year.

Please tell me Eye Roll is gone. I hate that smug bastard. He probably didn't even go to UNT.

Why is that? Just curious. I am not advocating for him to be elevated to HC, but I was curios why players would leave if he is elevated.

if that happens there will be even more players in the portal

The specific details around what we agreed to with the AAC have not been disclosed publicly (as far as I've been able to determine). What is clear is we currently receive partial shares compared to the legacy members. For the two specific members you mention, we got $6.6M and $6.8M less which puts us at a significant competitive disadvantage. I'm sure they love competing against conference mates that are getting a lot less from the conference than they are. Our payout is supposed to increase annually until we receive full distribution shares. I'm not sure when that is, but I've seen 2032 mentioned as the target date. Honestly, that seems too long. Maybe it's aligned with the end of the ESPN deal, but who knows. For argument's sake, let's say 2030. So by staying in a conference with Memphis and Tulane, we'll be disadvantaged for 5 more years just in time for negotiations to begin on a new media deal that will undoubtedly be less lucrative than the current one. If Memphis and Tulane worm their way out around or before then, we're probably looking a SBC or CUSA numbers. We can't afford to rely on anyone else for our future. It's asking a lot, I know, but we need bold action by our leadership.