Wilner is tweeting this now and it makes sense. Is killing the Pac 10 by adding the AZ schools, Utah and CO worth taking a smaller payout? Because those schools certainly don't add any money to the pot.
In this case, killing the Pac 10 in exchange for some stability probably is worth a smaller payout is my guess.
It makes sense because the payout might not be that much smaller if the PAC is dead.
ACC is locked in forever. The new Big/PAC would be the only major rights coming up for a while. If they could get a bidding war going (including the streamers) the numbers could get ridiculous. Not big 10 ridiculous but ridiculous enough.