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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4696679, member: 71"] Waylon is being intentionally obtuse here as he evidently believes it makes him look smarter. One reality that he is ignoring is that it is very possible for some schools to P-12 as a better home for the time being even if the B-12 may be able to offer a few more dollars. The P-12 schools in states on the west coast most likely would never consider leaving (this represents 60% of the conference). Two are very confident that they will have a home at some point in the B1G, two believe (maybe a bit unrealistically) there is a chance they may have a home at some point in the B1G and two likely realize that their best hope of remaining in what will at a minimum be labelled as a power conference will be in-state politics preventing their big brothers from moving on. If they were to try to leave the P-12 on their own, they would lose that. Of the remaining four, only one was once a member of the B-12 (they in fact have relationships with many current members going back a century due to their being a founding member of the B-8). There is a very strong chance that the monetary difference required for the other four corner schools to consider moving conferences is far larger than for Colorado. Additionally, the other four corner schools owe their stature as power conference members to the P-12 offering them a place in that conference, Colorado does not. All things being equal, yes, if the B-12 can offer more money it should be the more attractive conference. The reality is that all things are not equal and there will be quite a bit to be considered before moving. If the revenue disparity is significant, that leads to a different equation than if the revenue disparity merely noticeable. If, the P-12 media deal comes in ~80%-85% of the B-12's Colorado may be the only school willing to pay the exit fees to make the move, I imagine other P-12 schools would need a larger increase (over P-12 media revenues) to jump. For all we know, Colorado may be willing to jump even if it ends up neutral after departure fees. I doubt any other P-12 school would consider this. [/QUOTE]

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