That puts their combined value at 410 million. If the pac was going to be let’s say 40MM. That is a total of 480. So the other 10 teams are only worth 70 MM per year combined? Seems to be a little off.
In TV world, the numbers don't have to add up. It's about matchups and USC-Ohio St or UCLA-Michigan might be worth a lot more than USC-Washington or UCLA-Oregon. And TV execs love novelty and they also probably like reducing the number of big time conferences and mouths to feed.
I'm not sure how this will play out for ISU and the Big 12. But if this Big 10 expansion goes through, any hope I had that the Big 10 might be willing to push back against TV media companies to maintain some level of tradition and academic integrity in college football are lost. It's all just following the media company's marching orders now. And I think they'll continue to show they don't always have the athletes, fans, and schools best interests in mind.