GOR vs contigency conditions in media contract

[CL82]

I don't remember which thread it was in, but a while back there was some debate about whether or not schools make Grants of Rights (GOR) to a network or to their conference.

This article on the BIG 12 deal provides a good discussion of issue, including this:

Without being specific, Bowlsby said there are provisions in the new deal and an ongoing dialogue for "active issues, changing circumstances" and potential changes should there ever be league expansion and changes such as the re-establishment of a Big 12 conference championship game in football if more teams are added.

That is the network's protection.

The deal to televise football and men's basketball through 2024-25 includes a so-called "grant of rights" by each of the league's 10 schools. That allows the Big 12 to retain the media rights and accompanying revenue of any school that left the conference.

The GOR protects the conference.

The rumour is that each school will receive $20 million on average over the life of the 13 year deal.
Bowlsby also said they are done with expansion "unless somebody brings extraordinary cache." (a fairly obvious UConn reference there. ) So as long as ND stays home, which should have stablility at least to west.

Now when FSU here's about this deal, the ACC may have an issue and of course that starts the whole domino theory once again.

 

[jbdphi]

The ESPN article says the only three conferences with GOR are now the B12, the B1G and the PAC-12.

As it potentially applies to the Big East's new deal (assuming we're talking about NBC here), understanding that the network has its own protections already through the contract, I have to think that the conference will at least broach the GOR with its membership at some point. Understanding it hasn't been challenged in court yet, it still seems like the only way to prevent future teams from leaving.