I'm sure somehow he'll find a way to get more money for himself on his 'success' of keeping things together :sad:
Big XII Survives!! Announcement Coming Within A Matter of Minutes
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I'm sure somehow he'll find a way to get more money for himself on his 'success' of keeping things together :sad:
Yep, I think we will most likely end up on TV more. Especially if we play every team, every year. the UT/OU games will probably be on TV more often than not. Now we just need to win some of those games!
So, in the end the real loser out of all this is Colorado. They will have to travel more and will have to pay the conference for leaving. Dan Hawkins can finally close on that home cause he is going no where for a while!
We are better without the Fuskers ,we can go get a good basketball school, Nebr. basketball is in the toliet
Something tells me that if the game is to be aired on ABC/ESPN the answer is no.
I think the 10 remaining teams need to stick together and look to see who we can add to make this a 16 team conference in the future. We need to be pro-active this next time and look at adding teams instead of sitting by and watching lesser conferences take ours.
I think both the Big 10 and Pac 10 are not done adding teams... by a long shot.
I really do think there is something to the conspiracy theory that the Big 10 and Pac 10 were working together in this mess. They have always had the Rose Bowl alliance in the past and I seriously believe they both wanted to see the Big 12 die. It is one less threat for them.
That is why I'm really happy that we can hopefully work this out. We cannot be pushed around by the Big 10 and Pac 10.
As someone on ESPN said this morning... the Big 12 has been far superior to both the Big 10 and Pac 10 in football lately, but not in their business model.
The remaining 10 teams need to stick it out and make this conference thrive. Don't give in to the others.
I think both the Big 10 and Pac 10 are not done adding teams... by a long shot.
I really do think there is something to the conspiracy theory that the Big 10 and Pac 10 were working together in this mess. They have always had the Rose Bowl alliance in the past and I seriously believe they both wanted to see the Big 12 die. It is one less threat for them.
That is why I'm really happy that we can hopefully work this out. We cannot be pushed around by the Big 10 and Pac 10.
As someone on ESPN said this morning... the Big 12 has been far superior to both the Big 10 and Pac 10 in football lately, but not in their business model.
The remaining 10 teams need to stick it out and make this conference thrive. Don't give in to the others.
Umm, the FedEx deal for Memphis to a BCS conference was reported at $10M per year. Since there are now 10 teams in the Big 12, split ten ways, $10M/10 Teams = $1M per team per year. How the heck are you getting 5-6? Memphis isn't going to drive a ton more money on our TV contract.
10mil / 12 (adding two teams for even #'s) = 833,333 per team. Not sure where you are coming up with 5-6 million.
I wonder if the Longhorn Network will be the exclusive airer of all Texas regular season games?[/QUOTE]
Negative. The Texas Network can ONLY air games not picked up by the major network. The money influx from the Texas Network will come from airing bball, baseball, vball, etc.
Negative. The Texas Network can ONLY air games not picked up by the major network. The money influx from the Texas Network will come from airing bball, baseball, vball, etc.
You have to add Memphis to get the money, and I don't think they are going to set to the side and just let everyone have the money. Additionally, you need to add another team to have an even number of teams. Basically, this guy is trying to become the title sponsor of a BCS conference.
The money would be able to be used as the conference sees fit. the 10 current teams could divide it among themselves without giving it to memphis.
Also, why do we need even numbers necessarily? We aren't having a championship game anymore. The Big 10 has worked with 11 for years.
Not saying I disagree that 12 would be better, but it isn't a given.
Add Memphis and feel free to call it the FedEx conference. I'm pretty sure I remember reading they just pulled their Orange bowl sponsorship so we can just take the name.
For up to the minute updates check out espnaustin.com. The guy on the air right now is Chip Brown's boss at OrangeBloods and Chip calls in every so often with the most up to the minute info.
No more north and south divisions. No more conf championship game. Play everyone EVERY year.
