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[QUOTE="Marty Jackson, post: 1334367, member: 2291"]
when you fast forward to 2025, is the Big12 in for a dose of reality?  Have we seen how this plays out already in watching the demise of the Big East?  Just don't see how this plays out in a positive way for the group as a whole.   A select group of schools in that conference may have a soft landing, but I see some getting pushed out.  Maybe getting relegated to a weaker 'P5' conference with some of the remaining G5 schools is a possibility(uconn, cincy, Boise, BYU, etc).  problem there is that the original B12 contract would have expired so there wouldn't be much leverage with the networks.
 
If the conference were truly looking long-term, wouldn't you make an investment now and get a couple g5 schools up and running so that they would be perceived/valued as P5 schools when the negotiations begin?  Still have time, but nothing coming out of that leadership suggests this is a path they want to go down. 
 
Yes it's a P5 conference today, but if it becomes Uconn's landing spot, I think I'd be nervous about what the opportunity costs of joining that conference would be.  If I'm Uconn I shop that invite around, but in the end if that's the only offer, I don't see turning it down a viable option...
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