uniftw wrote:Murraygrad05 wrote:uniftw wrote:It concerns me that our best options can't afford their buy out of only a million
This is not the problem we are having. That is the least of our worries.
What I have kinda heard and am guessing at so don't rely too much on this but we are trying to figure out what to do with football and we also have rifle. Our rifle team has won the NCAA championship and is ranked in the top 3 nationally year in and year out. I'm personally hoping that we can keep that as an affiliate member with the OVC since it is so successful. Does not draw any crowds or anything but it gives us some name brand with that sport.
Like I said though I have no affiliation with the university or anything. That is just the word going around but it makes sense. Nobody knows but our administration what we may be looking at.
The buy out deal was what I read on your forum.
Football has no option but to play as an affiliate OVC member for at least a year. The reason UND football isn't joining the MVFC until 2020, even though they are joining The Summit in 2018 is that the MVFC schedules are done until 2019. I can't imagine The MVC willing to make an exception for Murray they didn't for UND. The only possible exception would be YSU deciding, in next few months, to pursue a CAA membership and move in 2018. That would mean Murray State would be OVC for 17, and take YSU's spot in the conference in 2018 - that may piss off UND but F them. I've heard zero, even fan rumors, that the CAA is looking for another team. They are also currently at 12 teams. There are only about 4 CAA schools that are more than 50 miles from the Atlantic Ocean - Albany, Richmond, James Madison, Elon. Maybe if JMU goes MAC or CUSA in the next year. Even if Murray went PFL, it's too late to not play next year as the OVC.
That is indeed the buyout deal but I do not think we will have any problem with that personally. Keep in mind too that is a fan forum like this one and we have some old timers that do not like change and will say whatever to keep us in the hell hole OVC because it's tradition. Its all in the administration and our Board of Regents hands and nobody but those people know what we have or do not have in the bank. I have even expressed my concern about funding on there but we have enough revenue coming from the conference and the NCAA that I believe we will be in good shape. MVC payout is about $3 million more per year than what the OVC pays out so even if we take a little hit it will just be short term and should not be any reason to really start to panic. It would help substantially if we have a donor step up and say I'm sick of the OVC but it hasn't happened yet.
