Mark Cuban - Big XII = AL East

[bocabull]

The best thing for the Big XII is for OU and Texas to headline a small league. The money will continue to increase while sharing with fewer schools.

OU and Texas are the Yankees/Red Sox of college football and everybody will watch them play and expect them in the title game on a regular basis and playing them on a regular basis will only make OSU, Texas Tech, etc a stronger brand. The super conferences will cause more teams to get lost in the shuffle (Nebraska).

Good read

 

[thebigabd]

Add houston if Mizzou leaves and call it a day.

 

[bocabull]

I say we stay at 9 if Missouri leaves and call it a day. As Cuban said our TV contract will increase and we will be splitting with 9 instead of 12. We take that 10th teams share and put it into a fund to promote the conference, enhance facilities or pay the athletes larger stipends.

A 9 team conference would be 16 hoops games and 8 football games. Then you schedule 2 awesome non conference games in football and a couple cupcakes.

 

[sperry]

Doesn't consider the other factors in play. This theory works fine if there is a playoff system. When your league chammpion has to make a claim for the national championship game against a bunch of vastly superior leagues, things get sticky.

 

[SoonerInJersey]

Doesn't consider the other factors in play. This theory works fine if there is a playoff system. When your league chammpion has to make a claim for the national championship game against a bunch of vastly superior leagues, things get sticky.

Agreed. One win SEC teams will get in. So that cuts down on the spots.

 

[Sawyer]

Problem with that analogy is Tampa Bay...

I do think the Big 12 will be able to survive in a way that's suitable for whoever remains. UT and OU will always be UT and OU. kansas will always be kansas (in both major sports). Everyone else will likely be happy with what they have (and it will probably be more than what Iowa State, Baylor and ksu deserve).

I do not, however, think the per team TV payout for tier 1 and 2 rights will keep pace with the Big 10 or SEC (I'm not familiar with the PAC or ACC, but I'd bet those conferences also pass the Big 12 in terms of TV dollars if they haven't already). OU and UT (and maybe kansas with basketball) can keep pace with other conferences by selling their own tier 3 rights. I doubt anyone else in the conference will be able to.