Re: Conference changes and impact on college baseball

Rick R. wrote:


>    I'd have thought the rumors about Fresno State leaving the WAC were
>    almost as bad.  I personally thought that when Rice, Tulsa, and SMU
>    joined Conference USA, it almost eliminated the possibility of TCU
> jumping
>    ship (although the rumor does still persist, so there must be something
> there,
>    I guess).

More than a rumor -- TCU actually did a study and found that joining the 
MWC would increase travel expenses by $200K/year, so now they're talking 
about whether the benefit side would exceed that.