[chrisk]

Sac State is paying the NCAA to move up to FBS. NCAA is requiring it to have a conference invite. Pac-12 and MWC did not give it a sniff, so it is paying $18M to the Ohio-based MAC (with teams in Michigan, Indiana, NY, and Mass) for a 5-year term. I'm sure they will be receiving less TV money than Stanford is from the ACC to offset the cost of cross-country travel. Will they be able to travel charter? Flying commercial from Sacramento to MAC towns will be brutal.
(Amherst, MA; Athens, OH; Mt. Pleasant, MI, etc).

For those who can access The Athletic:


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7047451...rId=103451

[chrisk]

Sac State is paying the NCAA to move up to FBS. NCAA is requiring it to have a conference invite. Pac-12 and MWC did not give it a sniff, so it is paying $18M to the Ohio-based MAC (with teams in Michigan, Indiana, NY, and Mass) for a 5-year term. I'm sure they will be receiving less TV money than Stanford is from the ACC to offset the cost of cross-country travel. Will they be able to travel charter? Flying commercial from Sacramento to MAC towns will be brutal.
(Amherst, MA; Athens, OH; Mt. Pleasant, MI, etc).

For those who can access The Athletic:


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7047451...rId=103451