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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1704648, member: 1414"]
Nope.  It doesn't make sense.  Every school in the Big 12 already keeps its own T3 rights.  OU's deal for those rights[URL='http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2012/5/31/3055204/oklahoma-sooners-network-television'] is with Fox[/URL].  It was a 10 year deal signed in 2012.  Since OU can't support a network with its fan base, any such Network would be a complete waste of time.  Even LHN gets pretty weak carriage fees ( 35-40 cents, in Texas), which is why it is a disaster.  It won't be renewed.

There are two options here.  Each school sells its own media rights, or they band together as conferences.  It used to be that each school did it, and that went away for everyone but Notre Dame.  The switch to conference pooled media deals is the very thing that drove conference consolidations and expansion.  Does that mean that they share with less valuable schools?  Yes, just as the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots share with the Buffalo Bills and Jax Jaguars.  But in every case, it's more than they would get on their own anyway.  Even Notre Dame at this point, would make more money joining the ACC (which would increase its payout accordingly).
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