UC Davis Athletics Joining Mountain West - Football to Follow I thought there was a lot of interesting information in this link:
Can UW Sports Compete In Division I As Lower Divisions Offer More NIL Money?
Here are some snippets:
Montana and Montana State, who compete in a tier below Wyoming, each spend $2.2 million on NIL, while Wyoming spends $1.4 million. "That's embarrassing," one Wyoming booster said. "Schools that don't sit on the wealth of money we do are outspending us."
UW Athletic Director Tom Burman offered a pointed rebuttal to those suggesting Wyoming consider the FCS route.
"The better question is, why are Montana, Montana State begging to get into the Mountain West?" Burman told Cowboy State Daily. "I can tell you that the top tier of the FCS is willing to pay money to join the Mountain West."
"Maybe the Big Sky doesn't want us,” Ortiz said. "Maybe we're in a league with Chadron State. From an enrollment standpoint, there's a lot of Division II and Division III schools that have the same enrollment as Laramie does.”