There was no way he could lock in $54 million per year per school for 12 years with the existing media landscape. He knew that. No clue what you're talking about saying I'm trying to "have it both ways." Yes he got the best deal for the B1G in the short term, then can re-up with new media players when the streaming landscape is more settled in 2023 while the other P5 conferences are locked in to antiquated TV deals. For the next 3-4 years the B1G will continue widening the gap between other P5 conferences. Brilliant. Yes the B1G will go first and if the new guy is as good as Delany he'll school all the other conferences the way Delany has.
You're the one who tried saying the B1G was talking about $70-$80 million per year per school, and trying to frame it as though the conference was coming up short of those projections, which was completely false. You willing to walk that one back?
But if the money is going to be less, then being locked into an antiquated TV deals, would be a good thing. Like the ballplayer that signs the long term contract and sucks in his late 30's, he still is getting paid the big bucks, under the 10 year contract.
And yes, the people that cover the league was making 70 tp 80 million dollars a year per school predictions, if it was only Miller and Deace.
Simple facts is with all the money rolling into the conference, its been shut out of the last 2 FB playoffs, and truthfully, OSU did not deserve to be in the first year over TCU or Baylor. I doesn't matter that they won it, who knows TCU or Baylor might have also won it that year, but were never given the chance. OSU loses at home to a 6-6 V. Tech squad, TCU loses by 3 to Baylor, and somehow OSU jumps them the last week of the voting.
Notice we have never heard of that 13 data point before or since.