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Message: [QUOTE="IMind, post: 1760128, member: 1048"] What you're saying makes as much sense as anything. One thing that gives me a glimmer of hope is that the guy who wrote the ESPN and Fox are pissed article also had a lot of positive things to say about UConn. If the Big 12 chooses to play it halfway then they might also decide to add the two schools the networks would hate the least BYU and UConn. One scenario I do see the Big 12 going to 14 is if they look at the long term outlook and say ESPN and Fox might not have the money to give anyone much in 2024 but they have the money now so take it while it's there. There's no telling what market factors will be like then or even if tell same actors will even be around. Contractually obligated money in hand right now maybe a lot more tempting than playing nice with ESPN and Fox and maybe hoping they possibly remember how they didn't expand. ESPN hasn't exactly shown a ton of loyalty to business partners in the past. (Old Big East, AAC, UConn...) I'm sure ESPN would say it was just business... but then again it would be "just business" if the Big 12 took everything from ESPN and Fox they could too. I know full well neither scenario is terribly likely but at this point in time who the hell knows what the Big 12 is thinking. [/QUOTE]