There wouldnt be much more money with texas coming, sec network covers all of texas, SEC wont allow texas to keep their own network, and the main market (Dallas) for OU and Texas is already covered by a&m. So what you get by bringing those two schools is bowl money and tickets sales, not much to be gained going from 14 to 16 teams definitely not a material amount more than if you were to get a slightly less popular school like v tech.

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Posted by texashorn

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Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:54 pm to Stuckinthe90s

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Their wouldnt be much more money with texas coming, sec network covers all of texas, SEC wont allow texas to keep their own network, and the main market (Dallas) for OU and Texas is already covered by a&m.

That's about like saying the Big East had Dallas covered when it had SMU instead of Texas or Oklahoma. I guess that was technically true.

Plus, you're limiting your money-earning potential to cable channels that rely on carriage fees.

CBS doesn't charge carriage fees. Nor does ABC or NBC. Get the drift?

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Posted by A LeBlanc

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Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:55 pm to Stuckinthe90s

Re negotiation of the contract

Because UT carries more of the state and market there is more demand so ESPN can get the local cable and satellite companies to pay higher fees

Even through the SEC network is in Texas there is not the amount of demand for it by people who purchase these cable and satellite packages
If UT was in the SEC you could control the entire state

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