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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 1448802, member: 2524"] Not true, for several reasons: 1. The B12 will lose its top programs by 2025 at the latest, meaning that ten years at $1 leaves you at least $30 mn behind your AAC colleagues and in the same boat in 2025 (as B12 will be arguably worse than the AAC). If AAC gets a nice uptick in the next contract, from $3 mn per year to say $8 mn, you could be $70-80 mn behind. 2. If Texas or Oklahoma has an exit from the GoR and leave early, then you may not even get the prestige benefit to make up for the loss of money. You have to keep in mind the possibility that Oklahoma and Texas have exits already prepared, and that B12 expansion is really about protecting Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and other weak sisters, as ESPN and Fox cannot terminate the TV contract if the number of teams stays above a threshold. The conference you are entering may not be a P5 for long and you have to be sure you are getting paid adequately. [/QUOTE]