Maybe they figure this is a way to get shafted the least
by the real "The Opportunist Leagues". If the P5 do split off, the FBS is the new FCS anyway. They don't want to be a step below that.
I think they have a shot at pulling it off. Luckily for them, Liberty blazed the way. No one wanted to tell Liberty "no" for fear of religious discrimination lawsuits. Now the WAC can point to unequal treatment if they are denied.
One big problem the WAC will have will be getting FBS home games while they transition. They can't get those by playing each other, so there is a chicken and egg problem. I think you cannot be FBS until you have four FBS home games per year. Liberty even played NM State home and away in a single year in order to get enough of those.
Once a couple of them become FBS independents, they can do the home and away trick within the WAC to help pull the others up. Hopefully, the NCAA will give them a waiver, since they had been an FBS conference before and only lost that because other confs raided them to death.
** Edited by Truthahn at 12/12/2022, 12:54:01 PM
Thread Replies (7)
Atlantic Sun and WAC aligning to join the FBS?
-- OU_Sooner
Dec 09, 2022 at 10:26 AM ET
OU_Sooner
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12/09/22 10:26 AM ET
btw, kudos to Dixie State for changing their name to Utah Tech.
-- Truthahn
Dec 12, 2022 at 12:56 PM ET
Truthahn
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12/12/22 12:56 PM ET
According to the school's history, the school's name was changed from
-- VTHokie2000
Dec 14, 2022 at 11:29 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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12/14/22 11:29 PM ET
Huh, I thought it was just named after a person.
-- Truthahn
Dec 20, 2022 at 11:22 AM ET
Truthahn
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12/20/22 11:22 AM ET
A bit more transparency, please...
-- 33laszlo99
Dec 09, 2022 at 01:47 PM ET
33laszlo99
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12/09/22 01:47 PM ET
Maybe they figure this is a way to get shafted the least
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-- Truthahn
Dec 12, 2022 at 12:53 PM ET
Truthahn
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12/12/22 12:53 PM ET
If the P5s are going to leave the NCAA, then why haven't they done that
-- VTHokie2000
Dec 09, 2022 at 07:45 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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12/09/22 07:45 PM ET