Yeah…his picker is broken…
Let me provide some guidance:
Baylor can’t arbitrate the entry or exit of power anything. They aren’t power anything. They belong to a conference that was, in its previous construction, power 5. The two power five schools left.
Now the conference is just an office in Dallas.
The remnants are simply fulfilling their side of a contract that goes FULL STOP in 2025.
If I were Baylor I would be terrified.
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The Rig in Pearland on a Friday night brings in more fans than a Baylor game on Saturday.
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The Pearland vs Pearland Dawson game brings more people then a Baylor game.
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Excellent point.
On a related note, I wonder if a lot of the economic problems that come with losing “Power 5” status would be alleviated (at least somewhat) by having a greater access to the PUF fund (which the university with the Texas name in Austin benefits from generously, and, to a lesser degree, so does A&M).
Look at California; they have only a slightly less number (4) of “P5” schools, and yet they have ten AAU schools, while Texas, which is of comparable size, has only three.
I can’t say for sure, but I would not be surprised if opening the state coffers (via the PUF fund, or something new perhaps) to other deserving Texas universities (including UH, of course) would benefit us, not only academically, but also athletically.
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As always, it’s a stacked deck. Special TRUF fund for ut and a&m in addition to the PUF/AUF money. And notice UT-Dallas gets to drink from the NRUF too. Notice Texas getting swamped
by California and New York in Federal Funded research.
http://reportcenter.highered.texas.gov/reports/fiscal/research-funding-fy2020-overview/
Texas Research University Fund (TRUF)
In 2015, the Texas Legislature created the TRUF to provide funds to the two Texas research universities with total research expenditures greater than $450 million (Texas Education Code, Section 62, Subchapter C). The TRUF allows institutions to support faculty to ensure excellence in instruction and research. The distribution of funds is based on a three-year average of total research expenditures. The average annual funding, over six years, is $31.2 million for The University of Texas at Austin and is $38.7 million for Texas A&M University.
Historical note: TRUF replaced the Texas Competitive Knowledge Fund (TCKF), established in 2007 and in place until 2015. TCKF supported the two research universities and up to six emerging research universities with average total research expenditures over $50 million.
Core Research Support Fund (CRSF)
The CRSF, created in 2015, provides funds to Texas emerging research universities in Texas (Texas Education Code, Chapter 62, Subchapter F-1). CRSF funding is a set formula allocation for the support and maintenance of educational and general activities, including research and student services, that promote increased research capacity. The allocation is based equally on total and restricted research expenditures. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Standards and Accounting Methods (SAMs) guides the reporting of restricted research expenditures. The THECB convenes the Restricted Research Committee annually for a transparency review of restricted research awards. Additionally, the universities report annually how they use the funds. The CRSF will provide $58.6 million annually to the eight emerging research universities over the current biennium (FY 2020-
National Research University Fund (NRUF)
The NRUF, created in 2009, provides funds to Texas eligible emerging research universities (Texas Education Code, Chapter 62, Subchapter G). The NRUF provides a dedicated funding source (endowment) to enable emerging research universities to achieve national prominence as major research universities. An institution must meet legislatively specified benchmarks to become eligible for funds. Eligibility is limited to the institutions designated as emerging research universities that have more than $45 million in restricted research expenditures. Texas Tech University and the University of Houston achieved eligibility in FY 2012. The University of Texas at Dallas achieved NRUF eligibility in FY 2018. The average annual funding per institution was $8.3 million.
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That’s very helpful. Thanks. 
Thank you for posting NRGcoog.
The utau pimp and atm screw everybody in Texas?
They should not be given one cent from any of the Texans taxes and Federal taxes if we are directly affected by their actions. The simple answer is that we are greatly affected by their misdeeds.
I will go one point further. How many P5 schools are “in the black” today? That is the real question that more than likely leads to a super conference.
How can we stop them?
Will the small12 schools “left behind” start litigation or threaten to do so against this expansion?
The question has to be asked. Here is why.
A school decides to build a brand new stadium costing the school and community $100M’s
A few months or years after this school is kicked out of a Power conference.
What about the $100M’s spent on that stadium?
rapeu won the Bball National Championship. What will happen to that squad or the future of their Bball program?
Utah went undefeated and thought they deserve a spot Ina P5. Power conferences refused. Senator Hatch went ballistic And threaten legal action. Utah got into the PAC.
There are three main culprits in this.
The rodent. It drives the bus and is close to creating a monopolistic enterprise…already actually.
The D.C. swamp. None of these realignment dating back to the SWC should have taken place. You can’t just kick a public university to the curb because you want to destroy it. That is what the D.C. swamp has let happened.
The utau pimp has now been involved in two major power conferences implosions with no consequences. How are in the world is it even possible?
Again most of these schools in power conferences are public schools.