(05-01-2018 01:05 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  If Texas was going to bother with AAC schools then the simplest thing to do would be to add a few to the existing Big 12 framework for the purpose of filling out a league. There's no reason to "join" the American.

Texas takes in about as much T3 money as the entire AAC makes in aggregate.

I don't think it's that likely even if they took that route. Some other league will take the aforementioned TX schools and both the brand power and money will be better.

That's a solid observation. If Texas was that bent on maintaining status quo they would have gone harder after a couple of schools last year. But, it was the networks (both FOX and ESPN) that gave a resounding no. If Texas wouldn't buck them then, there is no indication that they will do so with even less leverage moving forward.