re: ESPN just fine without the big 10

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$100 million annually compared to $30 million annually...Stanford would join in a heartbeat.

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But it will not be close to that if the Big Ten keeps adding The TV deal gives 62.5 million, BTN adds another 20 million, so 82.5 million per team. If you add more teams, that figure goes down.

The Big Ten is reacting to what the SEC did with OU and UT, but they are adding lesser programs.