As someone else ALREADY pointed out, that’s nonsense.
See Tulsa and ECU.
And as far as future members go, we are talking about the dang AAC, NOT the P5.
Is the P5 likely to add any of those schools purely because of their locations in large markets?
Hint: NO.
And why not?
Because their BRANDS aren’t big enough.
Who cares what a G5 conference adds? That’s a SMALL BRAND conference.
The B1G didn’t add Washington despite its location in the large Seattle-Tacoma market.
Why not?
Because in the end, their brand size wasn’t big enough.
BRANDS are decisive, not markets.
That should tell you all you need to know.
That the Big 12 schools that were added were in markets of significant size was a concidence. It was possibly a consideration, but was NOT decisive. That’s the reason UH, and not SMU was added, despite the fact that both are in large markets. Our football (at least post death penalty), and basketball (duh!) brands were far BETTER than theirs, regardless of market. Same with UH over Rice.
It’s the BRANDS of those four schools…which, as I pointed out above, that were the BEST in the G5, especially in football, but also to a lesser extent in BBall, that got them in.
Since when has BYU (Provo, UT) been located a large market? Hint: Never.
But BYU’s BRAND size…especially when subway alumni nationwide fan following (LDS) is included… is arguably the largest of any G5.
BRANDS are decisive. That’s the lesson that you should be getting about the future Big 12 admittees…but you strangely seem to be ignoring or disregarding.
