Big XII will survive for sure.

[bocabull]

One thing people are forgetting. The Big XII is a BCS AQ conference. People just assume that if OU and Texas leave the league will fold but that's not the case.

Sure the conference will take a hit in TV revenue but the remaining teams still belong and instead of being lower tier teams they will become top tier teams.

Kansas, Missouri, Iowa State, Kansas State and Baylor will still be in an AQ conference. They can add SMU, Houston, Memphis which would make them one heck of a basketball conference and one of those teams would be an AQ to the BCS in football.

Remember everybody though the Big East would fold in football when Miami, Boston College and Va Tech left. Even though the competitive level dropped they still maintained AQ status and the Big XII will as well.

When all is said and done Kansas and Missouri could very well make significantly more money than before because they would run the new look Big XII.

 

[p230]

For how long? I don't think the AQ status would last more than a year...two at most.

 

[bocabull]

It's still lasting in the Big East. I don't think you can legally revoke the status.

Think of the TV potential of a Big 8 network too. Look at the TV markets of those teams. Kansas City, St Louis, Memphis, Dallas, Houston. You could definitely have your own network.

The revenue potential per team is fantastic because you're only sharing with 8 teams. You have great basketball programs, great TV markets and a full share of BCS football revenue.

And with a 7 game conference football schedule and BCS status you will be able to schedule great non conference series in football and basketball.

 

[p230]

While I wish we still had a Big 8, I don't think it would last. BCS is all about football, basketball has little consideration to the BCS boys. The Big East is the weakest of the BCS conferences the "New Big12/8 would be below it and bowls would fight and scratch not to have the champion in their bowl.

AQ status is reviewed every so often I think. I also can't imaging that the BCS does not have some clause in the contract for something like this happening.

 

[bocabull]

As a committed entrepreneur I just know that you make more when you are the leader of a smaller team.

These big conferences are going to be like Big Blue (IBM). They will chug along and print money but their members have little upside. Meanwhile there are thousands of smaller firms where the top dog makes dramatically more than middle management at Big Blue.

If Kansas and Missouri were smart they would give it a try for a few years as the alpha dog in their Big 8. Based in Kansas City where they call all the shots. And who knows. The Pac-16, expanded Big 10 may not work as advertised and OU/Nebraska, etc could come crawling back after a few years.

 

[Hecubus]

Sound nice and plays to the heart strings with the bit about how entreprenuers are awesome but it's not reality. The industry is littered with the bodies of those competing directly against Microsoft, IBM, Google, Apple in the field of their expertise. You have to stake out unknown or overlooked opportunities the large organizations have no interest in (yet), create a new industry, or have billions in cash and an equivalent expertise (or a complete disregard for anyone elses IP aka Google).

This scenario is more like the Big 12 == old Chrysler at the point of their bankruptcy (1st or 2nd, take your pick). The existing business model is failing and needs to change. Maybe the remnants can pull in four or six teams like TCU, Boise St, Memphis, Houston, etc... but what quality program wants to jump into a business with that many holes in it? Maybe you can raid the best programs from the second tier conferences and create a midwest version of the Big East... but expecting the leadership that led the conference into a ditch to somehow pull that off is naive. Boren could probably do it if he had the power, but he doesn't and UT doesn't really see the problem starts with them so they can't do it.

 

[bocabull]

Sound nice and plays to the heart strings with the bit about how entreprenuers are awesome but it's not reality. The industry is littered with the bodies of those competing directly against Microsoft, IBM, Google, Apple in the field of their expertise. You have to stake out unknown or overlooked opportunities the large organizations have no interest in (yet), create a new industry, or have billions in cash and an equivalent expertise (or a complete disregard for anyone elses IP aka Google).

uhhhhh, or you could use MSFT, GOOG, AAPL platform for distribution ... the industry is littered with millionaires who do.

The same way Kansas and Missouri could use the existing Big XII TV contract and BCS AQ status to line their own pockets. You might want to stick with farming.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

like always boca, i think you are high.