re: OU received invite in 2010 but did not think A&M was a good partner

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If we had already proposed a Lone Star Network and a Big 12 network, only to be rejected both times, why wouldn't we go it alone and use every advantage we have?

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The devil is in the details. The deal offered to A&M was for A&M to invest $6M to help startup the network for what A&M was told could be a $1.5M-$2M per year payout when it was fully going. Additionally, it would be operated out of Austin and all the production done in Austin.

The Big XII network projected such paltry numbers that most members of the Big XII felt they could make more independently with ppv. This was not done by Texas. The Big XII office came up with those numbers via their research. They were off, badly.

Funny when ESPN came talking to Texas and basically offered them conference money for one team, they were not asking anyone then to come along at that point. Those numbers were not even in the same zip code as what Texas had proposed to A&M.

But let's not let the facts stand in the way of a good story.