(02-02-2016 09:24 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(02-01-2016 07:46 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Those are a lot of mouths to feed. I can see the Big 12 getting behind adding 2, but not 4, especially when all 4 are net takers.

I imagine if that was somehow squeezed through, UT and OU would be sprinting out the back door before the new 4 even arrived. Both would be welcomed anywhere with open arms, so why would they stay and play in a glorified G6 league?

Not really. The current B12 footprint is 40 million people. Adding those schools would ad 37.5 million people not including NYC.

Increasing the market footprint does nothing without a conference network. A conference network is not on the table because Texas is not willing to take a huge paycut just to keep the other schools happy. Without the conference network, anything past 2 new schools will cost the big12 money.