College football broadcast rights sound like they’re this close to jumping the shark.
There is still no tangible momentum for Big 12 expansion at the moment, several sources said. CBS Sports reported last week there is a 50-50 chance the league won’t expand after an elaborate process that started in earnest in July.
Bowlsby acknowledged that one option with ESPN and Fox could be the networks paying the league not to expand. The current contract calls for those rightsholders to pay pro rata — current equal value revenue — to any new teams entering the league.
Mickey, when Bob Bowlsby cuts a deal that manages to make you look this stupid, perhaps it’s time to sack your negotiators.
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I guess this paves the way for Tom Herman to be in Red Stick in January since it doesn’t sound like the Cougars aren’t going to get an invitation to join the Big XII-II.
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Hell if LSU thought that was all it would take to get him they would pay the conference not to expand LOL.
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Good one …
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Do the networks have the right to veto expansion? If not, it seems like expanding by four is a no-brainer, at least in the short run.
Another question would be what are the networks getting in return for paying the league not to expand.
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They don’t have to pay the new schools as conference members. The current payout would grow without gaining anything of significance, since it appears the new member schools wouldn’t draw many eyeballs to TV screens.
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So the payout to the conference increases, but the payout is just split with the current members?
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Probably spell checked by a room full of bureaucrats but oh well.
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Might as well include video of jumping the shark
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Art Briles to Houston then?
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What goes around comes around.
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If broadcast fees are flattening can coaches salaries, and everything else, be far behind?
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Some discussion of Texas, OU and 2 others jumping to Pac12 and letting Big12 die. This would give new Pac16 maximum negotiating leverage, leave just 4 Power conferences, align playoffs, etc., etc. Makes sense if it’s only going to be about the money…and we all know it’s only about the money.
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