Another scenario is Big East expansion to add Kansas, K State, Iowa State, Temple, and Cincy as full members.
This fills out and balances the east/west footprint.
East 8: UConn, Providence, St Johns, Seton Hall, Nova, Georgetown, Temple, Cincy.
West 8: Marquette, DePaul, X, Butler, Creighton, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State.
For football:
Kansas, K State, Iowa State, UConn, Temple, Cincy and Nova. Add Army, Navy, and UMass as football only members for a 10 team Big East football conference.
Keep the TV contract for football separate from the base conference TV contract to mitigate the conflict of the old Big East model.
Expect $6M per program for the hoops based TV contract.
Army / Navy game is ~$4/M per program. Keep that separate.
Fox TV football contract: Kansas, K State, Iowa State, and Cincy get $20M each. The other 6 get $5 each. That’s $110M per year averaging $11M per program, a fair amount for Fox to spend.
Fox wins: they get an enhanced Big East basketball schedule with Kansas and added games for a very fair price. They get football at a very fair price. They lock up a piece of the east coast market with a unique new configuration.
Big 12 schools that are added win: they get $20M + $6M which exceeds their projected B12 value after the Texas and OU departures. They also get a more regional base for all sports.
Big East basketball-only schools win. Kansas ups the conference value and the east/west division model is regionally strong.
UConn and Nova win. Although not an equal football payout share, they have a football conference with much improved revenue. $6M + $5M.
UMass, Army, and Navy win. A football home with a better schedule and more revenue.
Temple wins big! Full membership for basketball and football. $11M.