COMMENTARY BY JASON GROVES: LAS CRUCES SUN NEWS
"It's now or never for New Mexico State.
Since his hire, Athletics Director Mario Moccia's main charge has been to find a stable home for Aggies football. The current four-year agreement with the Sun Belt Conference is nice, but a temporary membership leaves NMSU in the same college athletics limbo that resulted in the Aggies playing an independent football schedule in 2013.
As conference movement across the country has slowed down in recent years, there is an apparent window open to NMSU. A contingent of Sun Belt officials will be on campus for two days later this week, following visits to current Football Championship Subdivision schools Eastern Kentucky and Coastal Carolina in recent weeks.
NMSU has a number of compelling arguments for full membership to the Sun Belt, a league the university was a member of from 2001-2005. It's location, and accompanying travel costs, is certainly a significant strike against potential membership, especially when compared to Coastal Carolina (Conway, South Carolina) and Eastern Kentucky (Richmond, Kentucky). The Sun Belt has stayed consistent with its geography over time, with the exception of temporary outliers Idaho and NMSU for football." FOR THE REST OF THE STORY CLICK HERE:NMSU SUN BELT MEMBERSHIP LINK
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