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Possibly.

But IMO some reference conference realignment has been knee jerk reactions rather than strategical additions (especially the Big12). A team only being valuable when they're good is a recipe for possible TV Ratings disaster. Do you really want to bet on those schools sustaining perpetual success? What is going to happen when Cincinnati or TCU eventually hit an era with losing records? You really think people will watch like they do now?

Like I said earlier, schools like ours, Texas, Florida, Michigan State, and UCLA have sucked tremendously over the past decade. Yet all these schools can still draw an audience. If UCF or Cincinnati sucked as much as the schools above did over the past decade, they'd be viewed no different than USF, Fresno State, or Toledo.

I think networks are being weary and this is why they've given the Big12 a short term contract. They're waiting to see how the Big12 performs on TV without any blue blood schools. Will people really tune in to watch Big12 football over SEC/BigTen football? You think UCF vs CoogHigh/TTU/Baylor/TCU will outdraw Florida vs A&M/Texas?