re: Rumor out today saying Texas and OU will start play in 22.

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There's no such thing as "cleaning up COVID shyte". Governments can't stop viruses, and there will never be a "zero COVID" situation.

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It absolutely means a LOT. The bylaws didnt mean much, which is what they relied on before. Before 2012, the penalty for leaving wasnt very much. IIRC, the penalty was $20mil if the announcement was the same year as leaving, half that with a one year notice, and no penalty if announced more than two years out. This is why nebbie got away with only paying a $10mil penalty, and whined about that. I think what the B12 realized was that a (club) bylaw violation is a very minor & weak court action. This is why all the malcontents that left negotiated down their penalties (as small as they were already) and the B12 couldnt do very much about it. This became immediately evident when Colorado left and there wasnt much the conference could do about it. With rumors that nebbie was in cahoots with Delany to covertly screw over the B12 at the last minute the way Colorado did, the conference members wanted everyone so sign a contract affirming their relationship with the conference. Of course, nebbie wouldnt sign and that showed their hand and what their plan was all along. Then in August/Sept of that same year (2010), aggy and mizzy decided to do the same thing that nebbie did so an enforceable contract needed to be put off until 2012 when the situation stabilized. With this contract, there is a double wammy penalty: withhold previous and future media revenues. Now, there is no incremental penalty and there is no time line; you announce you are leaving and you will lose two years of conference distributions, which is a heck of a lot of money now. What was the last distribution estimate? $38mil and $35mil the year before that? combined over $70mil with a contract designed to hold up in court. THAT's serious money on its own. Then add the future loss of media revenues with the GOR depending on remaining years on the GOR contract. this piles on to the 99 year contract penalties and you could easily be talking well over $100mil combined penalty. Even if a skool were to try and fight the penalty in court, it would tie up their revenues for years and they likely would not like the outcome.

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That's why these rumors are BS. There is an exit fee under the Big XII bylaws which applies any time you leave the conference, but which has no teeth when it comes to the Texas schools as sovereign immunity effectively bars enforcement through the courts. However, the grant of rights is a real barrier, and it's hard to see a school leaving early without their media rights. The Big XII has no reason to take a low ball payment from OU/Texas to leave early as Fox would undoubtedly void their contract with the Big XII if they did so. OU/Texas will have to pay the left behind 8 enough to make up for that loss, which won't be cheap, or else there is no incentive for the left behind 8 to cut them loose early.

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Theres no AAU money?

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What are your sauces?

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