When you include the conference title game, would likely come in about where the Old Big East/America 12 falls, in terms of payouts.
Jeremy Fowler reports that "East Carolina athletic director Terry Holland emailed a television revenue plan to Big East membership in late December that he said could help the league "court" BYU and possibly other members, according to an email obtained by CBSSports.com through a public records request."
Could the Big East Football teams be ready to sell the "Big East" name to the so-called "Catholic Seven" in order to negotiate the network contract?
A quick roundtable over at Pacific Takes seems fairly dismissive of the MWC this season...
"Is it time for the presidents to seek new NCAA leadership or a new organization?" it reads. "The NCAA has evidenced decisions that focus on trivial and penalize our athletes. The salaries for the NCAA leadership are excessive and an embarrassment to the Mountain West schools. Their decision making is cumbersome and oblique."
Interesting article from Patrick Stevens (a sportswriter in the Maryland/DC area) that compares the current Mountain West basketball league with the Missouri Valley Conference from 2006. Stevens is a former writer for the Washington (DC) Times (who never should have been let go).