To clarify, it's all sports except for football and baseball. It makes sense for OSU and WSU, who'll be in a 2 team PAC football conference, but not sure what the WCC gets out of it. The WCC will likely get a modest boost in RPI for most of those sports, but it also means current WCC teams may miss out on championship or NCAA tournament opportunities. I don't see OSU/WSU paying the WCC money for this arrangement like they are giving $$ to the MWC for the football scheduling arrangement. News articles seem to suggest this is a done deal, but I wonder if the voting will be unanimous. I don't think this would have been a good arrangement for the Big West, either...
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