I was thinking the same thing after reading about their history. Would have been much better branding.
Big 12 Statement 9.1.2021
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I know it's all about football but this new conference is extremely enticing on the hardwood.
so the articles I have seen show an estimated 20-25M per school if this was done. (not sure how close of a guess that would be)
What is disappointing is the Big12 was about to renew their contracts and I was hoping for 40-50M. really curious how we will be able to make this work financially.
If this is in fact where we end up long term.
What is disappointing is the Big12 was about to renew their contracts and I was hoping for 40-50M. really curious how we will be able to make this work financially.
If this is in fact where we end up long term.
Except UCF in hoops, but the four adds are going to get better as their revenues at least double. So much growth potential there.
Final rankings last year had USC at #21 and no other PAC team. ISU, Cinci, OSU and BYU all finished ranked.
I wonder what the addition of BYU, Cincinnati, UCF and Houston would to to tv revenue? Would there be a Big 12 network or would they continue the current structure.
I'm not a fan of conference networks because providers tend to bundle them with other "stuff" and charge a lot more than necessary.
I'm not a fan of conference networks because providers tend to bundle them with other "stuff" and charge a lot more than necessary.
Thursday night games here we come!
no, this is going to be a premier conference. One of the best!
I know football is the driver here, but I'm surprised at the lack of MBB talk with the new Big 12. Imagine all the fuel we would have had on the fire last year against the B1G being the "SuPeRiOr BaSkeTbAlL CoNfErEnCe"!
UCF has potential. Isn't Johnny Dawkins still their coach? I remember them giving Duke all they could handle in the NCAA tourney a couple years ago.
It was a bad sign when the TV partners failed to start early negotiations.
ESPN wasn't going to increase the deal this time around.
That stated the dominos falling. The whorns and OU couldn't sit back and fall that far behind.
The conference was dead as we know it in May.
"The offer was going to be virtually the same as the 13-year deal the Big 12 signed with ESPN back in 2011"
Not only would the teams be better in the Big 12, but the Big 12 is centrally located as well, which would get a LOT more viewers than the PAC being way out west and games being played at 9 pm at night.
OU and Tx were in discussions well before that news though…our TV contract wasn’t going up because the fault lines were visible. That was the final negotiating blow by ESPN, if anything. I still think our contract would have gone up had teams been willing to stay and commit to the conference.
empty/full seats don't equate to better or worse football. When your stadium (Rose Bowl) is 30 miles from campus, IN LA TRAFFIC, butts in seats isn't something that can be worried about this day in age.
interesting setup but I don't expect divisions to be a requirement much longer and think each team will lock in 3 rivals and rotate through the rest of the league with one set of league standings.
