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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 1546316, member: 833"] Two ways this could break. 1) Texas decides OU and KU are bolting no matter what happens, so they keep the LHN and block expansion because why not? Or maybe Texas wants them to bolt because then Texas will not look like the bad guy when they go to the ACC at the end of this TV deal. 2) Texas likes its current independence and flexibility within the Big 12, and decides to try to make things work out. Folding the LHN into a Big 12 Network is not hard. They would just structure the B12 Network to be based on some kind of performance compensation (ratings or on field/court performance or appearances) and Texas could get a guarantee of $15MM out of the Network. It would actually make the LHN a lot more valuable to simply rebrand it as the B12 Network, and I would bet ESPN would be flexible just to try and turn that lemon into lemonade. Following CR Rule #1, I expect an agreement among Big 12 members to explore the second option, which will go on for months and even involve UConn and Cincinnati, and then something somewhere will happen and the whole thing will fall apart. It is impossible for the Little 8 members of the Big 12 to ignore Oklahoma. Texas Tech, TCU and Baylor may be Texas' beeatch, but are they going to do something that helps Texas and hurts them? [/QUOTE]