(04-28-2013 05:37 PM)jml2010 Wrote: (04-28-2013 05:31 PM)Underdog Wrote: (04-28-2013 05:26 PM)jml2010 Wrote: The TV networks have spoken and said we won't invite anyone that doesn't add additional money to our TV contract. The Big 12 doesn't need or want small schools that can't average 35-40K on a yearly basis.
Remove Texas and Oklahoma from your conference, and it would be fortunate to see $2 mil per year. Let us not forget when Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma St ran to the PAC 12, but were turned away.
OK sure. Tech is the 29th largest fan supported University in the country and we get a ton of eye balls on TV sets. The PAC 12 handed out invites to UT, Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma St but UT wouldn't give on on the LHN. It was Texas that pulled away from the PAC 12.
Wrong.... The Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma St ran to the PAC 12 and were turned down. They were never given invites. Therefore, what almost caused the BIG XII to become only words that appear on Wikipedia:
Mismanagement of the BIG XII allowed the PAC 12 to possibly take Texas, Texas T., Ok, and Ok St. These schools approached the PAC 12 when the BIG XII was falling apart because of mismanagement and Texas' stubborn mentality.
Texas refused to give up control of the Long Horn Network, which is why the PAC 12 didn't go forward with killing the conference. The PAC 12 saw the Long Horn Network as a way to generate more $$ for its conference. Therefore, the BIG XII would have died from mismanagement if the PAC 12 would have voted to take all four schools anyway. Furthermore, BIG XII mismanagement is why Ok wanted the previous BIG XII commissioner replaced, which occurred.
"The Pac-12 decided it won't expand further late Tuesday because commissioner Larry Scott failed to get assurance that Texas would back an equal revenue sharing plan if the league added the Longhorns, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN.com."
"Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech were considering a potential move from the Big 12 to the Pac-12. After expanding from the Pac-10 with new members Utah and Colorado last year, members of
the new Pac-12 decided not to stretch the league farther east."
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/...nd-further
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Every indication is that the Sooners have been focused on the Pac-12 for a while now, and Boren has had pointed comments about the leadership of the Big 12. But the above source told me Tuesday afternoon that Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott couldn't get some of the most powerful members of his league to bring Oklahoma aboard without Texas -- and
Texas didn't want to compromise its Longhorn Network television deal to join the league."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...main-place
The information that I've posted isn't speculation; it's facts. This should convince you how close your beloved
BIG XII came to extinction.... So please don't get all high and mighty when referring to the possibility of an AAC school joining the BIG XII.