At what point do we just go independent?

[Ponyfan05]

If our choice is to keep getting pushed down the conference ladder why not try to go independent and schedule who we can get to play us.

[mustangxc]

We don’t have the fan base needed to do it and there isn’t a viable conference in the region for our Olympic sports. It would be idiotic to sacrifice basketball and not even place football in an autonomous conference.

[Charleston Pony]

We don’t have the fan base needed to do it and there isn’t a viable conference in the region for our Olympic sports. It would be idiotic to sacrifice basketball and not even place football in an autonomous conference.

Yep

[SMU_Alum11]

On the Big12 side of thing, one thing really hurting us is not having a baseball team. They're a big baseball conference and I scratch my head at why we keep shooting ourselves for not having one.

[Charleston Pony]

On the Big12 side of thing, one thing really hurting us is not having a baseball team. They're a big baseball conference and I scratch my head at why we keep shooting ourselves for not having one.

Real Estate & Budget. I miss baseball, too, We also gave up men's track & field, for goodness sake!

[SMU_Alum11]

On the Big12 side of thing, one thing really hurting us is not having a baseball team. They're a big baseball conference and I scratch my head at why we keep shooting ourselves for not having one.

Real Estate & Budget. I miss baseball, too, We also gave up men's track & field, for goodness sake!

Time to start a kick starter

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

How would it work for us to get paid if we weren't in a conference?

I guess there is a way these schools are doing it

Army
BYU
Liberty
New Mexico State
Notre Dame
UConn

[Charleston Pony]

How would it work for us to get paid if we weren't in a conference?

I guess there is a way these schools are doing it

Army
BYU
Liberty
New Mexico State
Notre Dame
UConn

Notre Dame and BYU have TV deals because of their large fan followings. The rest are low budget programs. Liberty is up and coming and I don't know all the particulars about how they are financing their athletics but they obviously have a lot of big money donors

https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/coll ... e2474.html

[EastStang]

Liberty is trying to be the Baptist BYU.

[SMU_Alum11]

Liberty is trying to be the Baptist BYU.

Good for them. I root for them over Baylor which is Faux Baptist U.