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

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Cant blame B12. They want their money.

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I don't think it is really the big 12 at this point as much as Fox. It sounds like the Big 12 realized how much of a disaster scheduling was this year and wants to get back to a functional rotation without Texas and OU. Its not Texas or OU paying money but Fox wanting the big draw inventory and more importantly making sure that that inventory doesn't get on ESPN.

The other issue is that it drags out any form of attempts to peel off some of the Pac-12 schools (which the B12 wants but most likely Fox is leery of).

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There was some talk that the Big XII would give OU and Texas a discount on the exit fees if they worked a deal to leave early, but I have to assume that is now off the table, and the Big XII will withhold the last two years of payments as per the bylaws.

Don’t worry baws, 2025 will be here in the blink of an eye.

Can’t wait to see all our old Big SWC friends again. Gang’s gettin’ back together!

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Sources said the sides couldn't agree on how to create equitable value for what Fox would lose in 2024 -- the equivalent of seven football games featuring Oklahoma and Texas that command premium advertising.

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This piece out of the ESPN article is pretty telling...

So what are the 7 games that Fox loses that command premium advertising?

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They clearly don’t have the 100 million smackers to get out

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#1 I can't speak for OU but Texas certainly has the money. There is a lot of bitterness on all sides and Texas would rather wait until 2025 then let the remaining conference members split any of its cash.

#2 This is the best situation for Texas. We will have another 7 - 8 win season in 2023 and will likely (finally) fire Sark. This gives us a year to get a new (and hopefully capable) coach ramped up before joining the SEC.

I wasn’t talking about Missouri, we’re going to have you kicked out.

yes big 12 is more than dead .so hold on as long as possible..chemo etc whatever it takes

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Wow that means UGA will finally be going to College Station in 2024.

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Good!

By Dennis Dodd Feb 1, 2023 at 2:47 pm ET

The Texas, Oklahoma situation

Texas and Oklahoma recently made an offer to the Big 12 and Fox to leave the league one year early for the SEC, sources told CBS Sports this week. It was rejected. The nature of the offer was not clear.

CBS Sports previously reported the Big 12 rightsholder would have to be made whole for losing the Longhorns and Sooners early from its programming lineup. That could involve a series of nonconference games involving both schools being played in Big 12 stadiums once Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC.

Fox and ESPN hold the linear broadcast rights to the Big 12 through 2024-25. ESPN owns 63% of the value from the new $2.3 billion deal that begins in 2025. As such, it gets top picks with the four best football games each season, six of the top eight, eight of the top 12 and 12 of the top 20, according to SportsBusiness Journal. Fox, which owns the remaining 37% of the deal, receives 26 games per season. It is not clear whether Fox would get access to some of those ESPN picks if a deal was struck.

There was speculation that Tuesday's release of the 2023 Big 12 schedule was connected to the Texas-Oklahoma issue. In other words, nothing could happen until it was known when the programs would leave the league.

Not true. The league faced a deadline of early February from their rightsholders to get the schedule done. Fox and ESPN needed to start scheduling games themselves.

Meanwhile, time is running out for a potential early exit. As CBS Sports reported, Texas and Oklahoma want to leave early, but the complications are numerous.

CBS Sports LINK

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Can we get rid if the OU and Texas posters on this site until 2025??

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Scared of the competition? Most of them are good posters but a few bad apples will always spoil for the rest.