re: OU & Texas will not join early - Pete Thamel

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I am guessing this leak is Fox trying to get Texas and OU to budge on doing some type of scheduling agreement with the B12 to allow increased inventory as those teams are balking at the terms…

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OU/tx are not happy with B12 and its no small thing. The conf has seemed to go oit of way to screw them at every chance including reffing is 1 sided since announcement of leaving. Heck, OU defensive opponents had 1 holding call all season long, that is impossible to do. Then the schedule is trash. They have us playing 3 of 4 new teams with 2 on road. They also took away 3 normal conf games vs regulars. And OU has no games in stste of tx except RRR, which is unheard of.

The B12 needs our cash and wants a big payout. They are poors and the 4 new teams are not getting full shares and the staying 8 teams have to give some of their shares up to support the newbies. OU/tx did not give up any shares so are whole.

The problem B12 has is by keepimg OU/tx another year means if they could get some Pac teams to join in 24, the current teams (minus OU/tx) would have to split shares for that year so give up even more money oer team and they can’t afford that. If we were gone they have way more money to entice Pac teams. Right now Pac is trying to work on a TV deal but its stalled. So the B12 is going hard after some teams but by leeping OU/tx that hurts their ability to get them to join due to splitting shares while OU/tx are there. The B12 is trying to get cash from us to help out. And we have no reason to to be blackmailed.

One thing the TV and conf were trying to do was get OU/tx to promise to play B12 teams at the B12 home stadium (after we are in SEC) to make up for letting us out early. In addition to money. Its a no go.

We hold more cards than they do and the closer it gets there is no reason to pay their blackmail and home games after leaving. I don’t mind playing them but if you have no say on when its not smart. B12 has to hope the remaining Pac teams don’t make another deal before we leave. Keeping us ties their hands and its a gamble as those Pac teams want a TV deal to show viability. If they make a TV deal first then the B12 will lose out getting them long term. Its in B12 interest to let us go early so I think its not over yet.