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Message: [QUOTE="CoastAtlantic, post: 1711605, member: 5174"] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738802721197678592']36m36 minutes ago[/URL] Oklahoma president David Boren and Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby now addressing media at conclusion of league meetings. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738802989465403393']35m35 minutes ago[/URL] The Big 12 will distribute $304 million; average $30.4 million per school for 2016. 20 percent increase from last year. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738803208080875521']35m35 minutes ago[/URL] Big 12 board unanimously approved conference championship game. Will begin in 2017. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738803281833525248']34m34 minutes ago[/URL] BREAKING: Big 12 will have conference championship game beginning with 2017 season. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738803515141689344']34m34 minutes ago[/URL] Big 12’s distribution of $30.4 million per school is — at least for now — a significant narrowing of that gap they're concerned about. [URL='https://twitter.com/john_shinn'][B]John Shinn[/B] ‏@john_shinn [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/john_shinn/status/738803718175346688']33m33 minutes ago[/URL][URL='https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3Adce44ec49eb788f5']Irving, TX[/URL] Bowlsby: It's fair to say, there are still questions about whether adding members is the right thing. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738804241133752320']31m31 minutes ago[/URL] Boren: Revenue distribution ($30.4 million per; 20% increase) shows strength of the conference & our ability to continue to improve.” [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738804945625829376']28m28 minutes ago[/URL] Boren: “We are continuing to consider possible expansion and what it might do positively and negatively in its impact on the conference.” [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738805323507499008']27m27 minutes ago[/URL] Bowlsby: Big 12 “in all likelihood” will go to divisions. Has looked at models with 5-team divisions and still full 9-game round-robin. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738806229120618496']24m24 minutes ago[/URL] Big 12 championship game would bring almost $30 million annually, Bob Bowlsby said. “High 20s,” he said. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738806994606292993']21m21 minutes ago[/URL] Boren: “The marketplace has decided for us that this is not the time for us to go forward with a traditional conference network." [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738807500946821120']19m19 minutes ago[/URL] No one’s saying it, but the Big 12 not doing a league network is 2fold: 1) LHN not going anywhere; 2) TV partners not enthused. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738807809626673153']18m18 minutes ago[/URL] Way too early to figure out where the conference title game in 2017 (or beyond) would be held. (Arlington/Houston/KC, start your bids.) [URL='https://twitter.com/ChuckCarltonDMN'][B]Chuck Carlton[/B] ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ChuckCarltonDMN/status/738808198220505090']17m17 minutes ago[/URL] For a do-nothing league, Big 12 has addressed two of three big issues today: return of football title game and no conference TV network. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738809309077733376']12m12 minutes ago[/URL] “Under the best scenarios,” Bob Bowlsby says a conference championship game provides 14-% increase in chances of making the [URL='https://twitter.com/CFBPlayoff']@CFBPlayoff[/URL]. [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738809563139301378']12m12 minutes ago[/URL] Most alarming thing Boren said: Expansion might be yay, might be nay. Or “it may be a consensus that it continues to get revisited." NOOOOO. [URL='https://twitter.com/ryaber'][B]Ryan Aber[/B] ‏@ryaber [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ryaber/status/738810465959084032']8m8 minutes ago[/URL] Bowlsby: Revenue average behind SEC and Big 10, ahead of Pac 12 and ACC [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder'][B]George Schroeder[/B] ‏@GeorgeSchroeder [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/738810786328371200']7m7 minutes ago[/URL] Fox and ESPN will show Big 12 championship game on alternate years. ESPN even years, Fox odd years. [/QUOTE]

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