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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1849075, member: 1737"] [B][SIZE=4]John E. Hoover: Big 12 Conference expansion was always just a bluff to get more money [/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]The Big 12 Conference spent hundreds of thousands of dollars paying two independent consulting firms to figure out, among other things, if expansion was good for the league or not. Ultimately, those firms determined expansion from its current membership of 10 would be beneficial. So Big 12 CEOs authorized commissioner Bob Bowlsby to solicit presentations from 11 schools who desperately wanted into a Power 5 conference — presentations that have been reported as costing between $10,000-15,000 each. And Sunday and Monday, those same Big 12 presidents and chancellors met for 6 ½ hours and came to the conclusion that expansion, well, it’s just not the Big 12’s cup of tea. ...“We don’t feel a sense of urgency to expand,” Boren said, “just for expansion’s sake.” That’s obvious. The Big 12 was never interested in expansion. This was a money grab, plain and simple, a bluff with the television networks. ...And hey, who can blame the Big 12 for such a bluff? The league — which was minutes from dissolving in 2010 — will now die a slow but profitable death, with each school taking in more than $30 million annually. Services are pending, but interment should be sometime around 2025, though sooner than that is certainly possible depending on what Oklahoma and Texas want to do. [URL="http://thefranchiseok.com/john-e-hoover-big-12-conference-expansion-was-always-just-a-bluff-to-get-more-money/"]John E. Hoover: Big 12 Conference expansion was always just a bluff to get more money[/URL] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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