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re: UCF, Houston, BYU & Cincinnati to the big 12 will be official next week
Posted on 9/4/21 at 1:04 am to 8
Posted on 9/4/21 at 1:04 am to 8
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Ok here's how it was explained to me by a friend who is still on a board at OU.
The new big12 will need a media contract obviously and they will get one from ESPN. ESPN's first demand to play ball is that they release OU and Texas.
So this expansion by the big12 is less about screwing OU and Texas as it is about the big12 and ESPN leveraging each other.
TLDR: If they expand before next season expect OU and Texas in the SEC next season.
Heard ESPN and the Big 12 are working on a slight bump in revenue to the incoming teams than they are making now in exchange for the Big 12 dropping their potential lawsuit against ESPN. No mention of ESPN requiring Big 12 to release OU and Texas from their contract.
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Posted on 9/4/21 at 2:45 am to ChiTownJ
I think BYU is the big winner here. If they are at 12 teams they are most likely locked into a 8 game conference schedule. BYU also plays Utah USU and since 2012 Boise every year. Add one more body bag or random team and they probably have their best schedule in a long time.
There won’t be anyone left in the B12 that would be considered head and shoulders of BYU. And they have been doing it without the current payout the B12 schools are used to. What is going to happen to say OSU or TCU when they see a 10M haircut off their operationing budget?
There won’t be anyone left in the B12 that would be considered head and shoulders of BYU. And they have been doing it without the current payout the B12 schools are used to. What is going to happen to say OSU or TCU when they see a 10M haircut off their operationing budget?
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