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Message: [QUOTE="Seaa Blue, post: 1219262, member: 4774"] Stumbled across this FAQ page on the Big 12 football rights. [url]http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204969096[/url] [B]Q. What are the appearance requirements? A. No institution may appear in more than six games under Big 12 control per season on ABC, but that provision is eliminated starting in 2016 when ABC/ESPN and FOX will begin altering picks through a draft process. S[/B]o, one way the Big 12 is maximizing revenue is by dropping the requirement to spread the air time amongst the institutions. [B]Q. What does owning the rights entail? A. At the most basic level it means that the telecast partners control the right to televise games live on all existing and future platforms whether linear (traditional cable or over-the-air distribution) or digital (Internet-based). ABC has the right to televise up to 19 home games involving Big 12 teams, but that number increase to 23 starting with the 2016 season. FOX has the rights to all remaining games, except that each institution may retain one game for distribution on a permitted member institution outlet, or it can provide the game back to FOX for telecasts on one of its platforms. [/B] [B]W[/B]ith a firm number of games that will receive national air time, I'm sure that plays into not wanting the slice the pie into smaller pieces. [B] [/B] [/QUOTE]