Even with only a couple of its traditional members still around, there is lot more value and goodwill in the PAC brand than in the MWC. It would make more sense to do a complete reverse merger than for OSU & WSU to simply join the MWC. But honestly those schools are doing the right thing, they will get a much better per-school TV deal with 8 or 9 members than 14, including a bunch of schools that bring no value.