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Originally Posted by rockyroad
PAC-12 already has a tiered pay system. I believe the Big Sky does also.
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I think the travel issues are the biggest reason....they just can't get to many other locations the next day in time. To be able to work back-to-back dates, they just take games in areas where they can easily link things together.
Can you imagine driving from Pullman or Eugene on a snowy January night to the nearest major airport? Not a chance of getting a flight back to anywhere until the next morning. With that and the time change, you're not getting back to anywhere east of the central USA until late afternoon at best. Even early departing non-stop fights to major hubs don't arrive until after noon (for central locations) or even later for the eastern third.
Westerners just have to accept the fact that the east is far more densely populated and realized that has various implications. From where i live, there is only ONE other major US city within a 10 hour drive....and probably 15 hours to get more than 4.