Big West Expansion: Say NO to Boise!

I read online that the Big West, an all-California conference (with the exception of Hawaii, who they admitted recently but gives the other schools travel subsidies to come to the island) was considering letting Boise St into their league, providing them a life raft from the WAC, where they chose to dump their sports after getting a Big East football invite.  The Big West is presumably considering this because they want to keep San Diego St, a school they nabbed, in theory, when they too accepted a BE football invitation.  Being Boise's (and for that matter San Diego St's) conference of convenience is a poor decision for the Big West for a number of reasons:

Additional travel with no real payoff----aside from the Hawaii, this league is a bus league.  Boise would require a charter flight.

No extra bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament---Boise is not going to improve the conference's RPI enough to merit a team getting a second bid.  As it stands now, if they were to keep San Diego St the league probably won't ever net an at-large berth unless San Diego St loses the conference tournament.  No one else in this league is sexy enough to get a bid on their own.

Different Athletic Dept Mission---Boise only cares about football.  It doesn't sponsor men's soccer or baseball, two of the Big West's biggest sports.  Boise in their attempt to get into the BWC has tried to claim they are a "California School" with athletes from the Golden State.  In reality, they siphon off athletes that might have gone to a UC or Cal St school instead.

No Loyalty---Boise will only be around as long as its convenient for them.  They have no affinity or attachment to the conference they just want a place to dump their Olympic sports.

Boise is a pointless add Big West.  They will cause you nothing but headaches, heartaches, and a loathing sense of regret in your gut because you allowed yourself to be duped by the smurf turf.  If you want to expand, add Sacramento St.  They are a Cal St school, they play the same sports as the Big West schools, and they'd actually want to stay and be a part of the Big West as long as they can still play their football in the Big Sky.