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No one in a P5 conference needs to be worried.

We're like people in a burning building worrying about the neighbors because their house might be made of wood.

They're fine in every reality that hasn't been spun in West Virginia.
 
Fishy said:
No one in a P5 conference needs to be worried.

We're like people in a burning building worrying about the neighbors because their house might be made of wood.

They're fine in every reality that hasn't been spun in West Virginia.
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Mmm, disagree. Everyone not in the B1G or the SEC just became a second class citizen. They may be fine relative to us, just as the guy with the worst house in town "is fine" relative to a homeless guy.
 
Hoophound said:
Shoot me if we get in the ACC and bring ECU with us. .
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I has the same thought. If UNC, GTECH, Miami, FSU, Clemson, UVA all leave the ACC and they just backfill with basically everyone from the AAC it will be the same dumpster fire just new initials. Lol!
 
jostar1 said:
Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire · 42m42 minutes ago

Reported Big Ten-Fox media rights deal could hurt Big 12 …

You wil now find RC COLA (Big 12) in aisle FS2...which you will find Big 12 Product next to bug spray & Mouse traps
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The Pac 12 spurned Texas. Not the other way around. That is important, because Texas is down to one chair in this game, the ACC, which is also on a sinking ship.
 
djct1999 said:
If this was the World Series of poker, Texas started the night with the most chips and just finished ninth
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I'm not sure how you see that. Eventually SEC and B1G teams may make more off of their television rights, but for the time being Texas isn't hurting at all. They're still raking in a lot of money to play longtime rivals in a geographically convenient league.

For 2015, SEC schools received about $31m each and the Big 10 schools received about $32m each, but Texas received about $41m for the same apple-to-apple set of tier rights and bowl revenue. That's the $26m the Big 12 paid each school plus the $15m ESPN pays Texas for the LHN. Remember that the SEC and B1G numbers include Tier 3 money while Big 12 schools market their Tier 3 rights individually, like the LHN.

And the Big 12/LHN payout really only comprises about 22% of the Texas athletic department's revenue each year.

Also keep in mind that Texas could probably join the B1G tomorrow - if it wanted to.

Who knows what the future will hold? Anything can happen, but at the moment Texas is hardly in ninth place.
 
Though Texas is the southern Notre Dame in terms of the amount of headaches they cause others to have... they are definitely going to be fine by the time the GOR and Longhorn Network are phased out. Right now they don't have to worry about a thing with that money coming from the mothership based on one National Championship in football. Their market, research funding, and large alumni are too big to pass up.
 
Charley Horse said:
I'm not sure how you see that. Eventually SEC and B1G teams may make more off of their television rights, but for the time being Texas isn't hurting at all. They're still raking in a lot of money to play longtime rivals in a geographically convenient league.

For 2015, SEC schools received about $31m each and the Big 10 schools received about $32m each, but Texas received about $41m for the same apple-to-apple set of tier rights and bowl revenue. That's the $26m the Big 12 paid each school plus the $15m ESPN pays Texas for the LHN. Remember that the SEC and B1G numbers include Tier 3 money while Big 12 schools market their Tier 3 rights individually, like the LHN.

And the Big 12/LHN payout really only comprises about 22% of the Texas athletic department's revenue each year.

Also keep in mind that Texas could probably join the B1G tomorrow - if it wanted to.

Who knows what the future will hold? Anything can happen, but at the moment Texas is hardly in ninth place.
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The fine folks at A&M are laughing at you right now.
 
djct1999 said:
The fine folks at A&M are laughing at you right now.
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If Texas moves to the B1G, they'll be trumping A&M once again in revenue. Maybe SEC has more fans than B1G in Texas, which would help A&M, but it's not a bad thing to have a strong local rival with A&M as 1b to Texas's 1a -- see the UConn-BC football rivalry that should have been.
 
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UT is arguably the most valuable brand in the college landscape. No matter what happens to the Big12 (based on the Big12's historical inability to make timely decisions and lack of central leadership, I'd say the Big12 future is very questionable) UT will be fine. There will always be a spot for them in the BIG or PAC. The only door which is probably closed to UT is the SEC.

The very desperation UConn feels is the exact opposite for UT. UT wants to sustain the status quo and even if the Big12 collapse around them there will be a lifeboat for them. UT is making crazy money and is exactly where it wants to be....in the driver's seat of the Big12. UT may help drive the Big12 car off a cliff but there is a new shiny car waiting for them in another conference and they will be one of the very few Big12 passengers which has a safe bail out before the wreck.

UT's conference future is safe even if their image gets further bruised. UT may have a perception issue and is one of the most bashed programs in America but finding a home will not be an issue for them. The heaviest cross UT will have to bear is probably accepting a rank and file position in a premier conference and no longer having a unilateral veto and disproportionate control.

UConn is fighting for survival. UT is fighting for control. I'd much rather be in their position.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The Pac 12 spurned Texas. Not the other way around. That is important, because Texas is down to one chair in this game, the ACC, which is also on a sinking ship.
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just a bit of an overstatement.

Recall what Scott said at the time - "Frankly, you can never be complacent but there's a sense that we're right there with any conference in the country in terms of the caliber of our TV deal both financially and exposure-wise."

Anything happen in terms of financial deals lately that might have Larry and his Presidents contemplating their level of complacency?
 
If you take his words at face value, he is saying both.

But I think he meant to say that perhaps he has lost some influence - I assume because it is generally easier to lob grenades at the high command when you're not actually the high commander.
 

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