Ugh, did you have to bring up SDSU again?
I’d be surprised if the PAC offered SDSU unless they know at least one other school is going to leave. The PAC needs to stay at 10 schools to have a championship game and generate that revenue. But adding more schools than that just starts diluting their payouts.
On the other hand, would SDSU agree to take a much lower cut of conference revenues? Like maybe 1/3 of what the others are getting? Is there another school the PAC could add that would take that deal? It’d still be significantly more than they’re making in the MWC. At the same time, that’s introducing unequal revenue distributions and it would open that door up for OR/WA/Stanford.
The PAC as a brand probably won’t die. It’s a better brand name than the MWC. If most current PAC members end up leaving, OR St and WA St and whomever else is left would be more likely to invite MWC members to the PAC rather than the other way around.