The OU/UT deal is a about ESPN ditching the Big12, not Texas getting more money

Jul 25, 2021
3:40:50pm

Ripliancum Contributor

from the conference. ESPN sees where their money is best invested and opportunity cost points them away from Baylor and Iowa State.

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Big 12 looking at paying OU and Texas more - and reducing payout to other teams

BYUfan92

7/25/21 1:45pm

That's not much more. They would have to go down to like 25m each to get their

JoeExotic

7/25/21 1:47pm

A 50% gain from 37 million to 56 million isn much?

BYUfan92

7/25/21 1:50pm

I misread the OP

JoeExotic

7/25/21 2:02pm

To me, this is best case scenario for TX and OU.

Backcountry

7/25/21 1:48pm

The OU/UT to SEC thing has been in the works for over 6 months.

SJS

7/25/21 1:53pm

Id the 6 month hx is accurate then you are correct.

Backcountry

7/25/21 1:55pm

Doesn’t mean they weren’t working parallel tracks

runningryan

7/25/21 2:31pm

It doesn’t mean they are. That’s just your speculation.

SJS

7/25/21 3:26pm

That’s what I was wondering about. If it’s really been in the works for this

ColonelMustard

7/25/21 3:45pm

I didn’t realize that the B12 said we are not looking to expand and then boom

Nat Gas Man

7/25/21 1:52pm

This isn’t a good idea.

TechExec

7/25/21 1:57pm

The big question is if OU and UT stay (I don't think they will), will the B12

rggee

7/25/21 2:34pm

They almost certainly would have to

runningryan

7/25/21 2:40pm

I think so, too.

rggee

7/25/21 2:53pm

Also for security purposes if OU and Texas decided to leave in the future. Big

ColonelMustard

7/25/21 3:47pm

Not sustainable. Remaining schools will become resentful

NorthwestCoug

7/25/21 3:38pm

The OU/UT deal is a about ESPN ditching the Big12, not Texas getting more money

Ripliancum

7/25/21 3:40pm

RE: The OU/UT deal is a about ESPN ditching the Big12, not Texas getting more

Stev_ie

7/25/21 6:10pm

This is not a long term solution.

DirtyWater

7/25/21 4:18pm

It's still 12 MM less than what they will get in the SEC.

Lance71

7/25/21 4:32pm

And this they will leave, do they fire Bowlsby

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