Has Sankey Got Texas by the Proverbials?

In some ways, this has to feel good right? I mean this is confirmation A&M made the right call and now Texas is desperate for relevance.

We always knew we made the right decision

The horns are riding on Oklahoma’s coattails right now and the SEC is going to make the money off of it.

No one’s afraid of them in football, they have become Minnesota, but they truly are a cancer and one day all the other schools will regret this decision when they do something to stab them in the back regarding a big TV deal or something similar.

They are looking to join a conference of equal share, pretty simple stakes.

Texas could do well as independent or look at ACC, B10, PAC12 options.

If the SEC accepts they grab it in a heartbeat, but it’s not an all or nothing scenario.

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Texas could do well as independent

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Uh . . . .You and Oklahoma and the rest of your conference couldn’t get a TV deal post Covid. What makes you think you could get one as a stand alone?

By contrast, the SEC got a $3 billion dollar deal during Covid. Reality is here. You might want to check in with it.

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ACC, B10, PAC12 options.

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Sure. But you are further damaged goods. If the SEC doesn’t think it can control your mess, as powerful as it is, no one else touches you. You are kryptonite at that point.

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Actually not at all because no one but us is calling them out on that.

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If they join, that will change. Right now you guys are the low hanging fruit.

But Texas will become the most hated team in the SEC instantly once they get in here.

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Texas will become the most hated team in the SEC instantly once they get in here.

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Well, it’s been a good run for us.

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Texas could do well as independent or look at ACC, B10, PAC12 options. If the SEC accepts they grab it in a heartbeat, but it’s not an all or nothing scenario.

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Here’s where you lose a lot of credibility, Longhorn network has lost over $240 million according to Disney’s corporate reporting according to Kurt bowls and other Longhorn beat writers, Couple that with Fox just telling you recently that your tier one rights aren’t worth more that they were 10 years ago

Independence would be a disaster for you, the big 10 would be good for you and for the Big Ten, the pac 12 would be OK, but a disaster for your poor fans who want to watch your sporting events.

This is why your administration is slobbering over riding Oklahoma’s coat tails to the SEC

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Uh . . . .You and Oklahoma and the rest of your conference couldn’t get a TV deal post Covid. What makes you think you could get one as a stand alone?

By contrast, the SEC got a $3 billion dollar deal during Covid. Reality is here. You might want to check in with it.

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Sure. But you are further damaged goods. If the SEC doesn’t think it can control your mess, as powerful as it is, no one else touches you. You are kryptonite at that point.

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Gotta it love when Joe Bag o Donuts beats his chest.

Take those talking points to a conference commissioner or media exec & see how long it is before you are sent to pick up lunch.


Texas walks in as an independent with $25M in the bank annually.

When paying the B12 (TX/OU and the 8 dwarfs) $340M+, you don't think an offering in the neighborhood of $20-30M for Texas alone is reasonable if not closer to a steal?

Texas makes roughly 40% more in advertising, licensing & royalties THAN ANY OTHER program, pretty strong indicator of how things would walk up the ladder in media contracts as an independent.

Texas Football prints money like no other and their partners reap those rewards.

K.

Then how come your conference, which includes you, couldn’t get a contract out of Fox?

Seems like if you “print money,” you could have swung it by yourself.

Or . . .

Maybe you are just peddling the outflow from the south end of a northbound steer.