Yeah but ESPN paid to choose from 18 OU/UT conf games not 12

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Jul 29, 2021
12:07:04am

Bobmarleyjr All-American

Yeah but ESPN paid to choose from 18 OU/UT conf games not 12

They only own the rights to their home games. They contracted expecting to pick from 9 conference games vs OU and UT. Half would be at conference opponents. Now the teams will have to play another team at home vs a school that will be a lesser opponent.

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Bobmarleyjr

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I think the Big 12's TV contracts are going to keep it from expanding until the

Shinshin

7/28/21 11:09pm

I would guess they can’t lose schools either and retain the same contract

claw

7/28/21 11:11pm

That's the beauty of their bylaws and their GORs. They remain in effect even if

Shinshin

7/28/21 11:15pm

What this means is even if OU or UT leave to the SEC, the Big 12 still owns

Shinshin

7/28/21 11:19pm

Yeah but ESPN paid to choose from 18 OU/UT conf games not 12

Bobmarleyjr

7/29/21 12:07am

Sure, but the contracts likely just say the Big 12 needs to provide X number of

Shinshin

7/29/21 12:29am

Yep, ESPN is going to argue that the contracts are screwing them now

Carnac

7/28/21 11:15pm

That must be true

Vegasjohn

7/28/21 11:14pm

I would guess they have to add teams to be able to provide the

7/28/21 11:14pm

There will end up being some kind of settlement and then the Big 12 will expand

runningryan

7/28/21 11:22pm

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