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KANG LIFE
You mean the Big 12 could keep Texas and Oklahoma for 4 years?
Houston Chronicle: Texas & OU reach out to SEC to join conference
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Scientific
Bacdafucup
It's roughly 70 million each for the exit fee. But if they blow it up and the confrence dissolves? They're not obligated to pay it obviously.
To play optics, they said they would wait for the grant of rights to expire till 25. But that's too long. At this point, ESPN/SEC need the Big 12 to die. Otherwise, they're going to be in litigation. This wasn't like when the 4 others left, there was still some life in the confrence. With this? Who knows. Who's going to blink first.
They'll try but it would be futile. Next season is likely the last season the Big 12 exist.
...golly gee willikers, i hope the aggy student body put together a welcoming video where they're yelling texas fight!!! and boomer sooner!!! for SEC comradery.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
How so? They only have two options: get two other schools to bounce and negating the exit fee or pay the exit fee. Only the shadiest of courtrooms would allow them to snake out of their agreement without taxing them.
ESPN betta not have left a paper trail of their sneaky shady shyt either. If so Pitaro in trouble
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
That Skipper interview on Lebatard said a lot when he wouldn’t answer those specific questions
When? This week?
Both schools have the money to pay the exit fee already lined up if it comes to that. I'm willing to bet other schools will end up leaving. There is no way for the Big 12 to survive without UT and OU.
Scientific
Bacdafucup
I never would've imagined the circle fest between OU and UT. A new day.
The dissolution of the Big 12 would save ESPN hundreds of millions of dollars, which is why Bowlsby believes the network is motivated to play a manipulative role in realignment and collude with other conferences to poach remaining members. Bowlsby has worked with ESPN for decades and said he’s “disappointed” in the actions they’ve taken.
“I understand the pressure that the broadcasters are under,” Bowlsby said. “They have huge rights fees and they have a cable architecture that is crumbling. It’s gone down 3, 4, 5 percent a year and it’s gonna continue until it gets way lower than what it is today. What has been a very lucrative financial model is now declining rapidly. So I understand why they’re trying to get out of rights fees and trying to look for economies and maybe even why they might be articulating moves like OU and Texas to the SEC.
“But there’s certain things you can do that are right and there are certain things you can’t do that are wrong. This is across the line. They’ve been accused of it previously and bristled. But I can tell you, I wouldn’t be saying these things if I wasn’t absolutely certain.”
“I understand the pressure that the broadcasters are under,” Bowlsby said. “They have huge rights fees and they have a cable architecture that is crumbling. It’s gone down 3, 4, 5 percent a year and it’s gonna continue until it gets way lower than what it is today. What has been a very lucrative financial model is now declining rapidly. So I understand why they’re trying to get out of rights fees and trying to look for economies and maybe even why they might be articulating moves like OU and Texas to the SEC.
“But there’s certain things you can do that are right and there are certain things you can’t do that are wrong. This is across the line. They’ve been accused of it previously and bristled. But I can tell you, I wouldn’t be saying these things if I wasn’t absolutely certain.”
Steve Spurrier has some thoughts as Texas and Oklahoma are on the doorstep of the SEC, which is no surprise for those who know Steve Spurrier.
“I can understand Texas jumping over,” Spurrier said Wednesday night. “They get to play Texas A&M again. … They can’t win the Big 12 anyway. I think they’ve only won two in the last 30 years or so. So I can see Texas jumping over — more money, playing A&M, this, that and the other, but I’m sort of surprised at Oklahoma.”
Spurrier, one of only four people to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and a coach, spoke Wednesday during a news conference to announce the renaming of the FWAA’s first-year coach of the year award to the Steve Spurrier Award.
“(The Sooners) are the champion of the Big 12. I mean, they win it almost every year,” Spurrier said. “I just don’t think they are going to come over to the SEC and win with any regularity the way they win the Big 12. Their fans, they may say, ‘Yeah, now we can beat Alabama and LSU and all these dudes.’ It may not happen like that.”
“I can understand Texas jumping over,” Spurrier said Wednesday night. “They get to play Texas A&M again. … They can’t win the Big 12 anyway. I think they’ve only won two in the last 30 years or so. So I can see Texas jumping over — more money, playing A&M, this, that and the other, but I’m sort of surprised at Oklahoma.”
Spurrier, one of only four people to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and a coach, spoke Wednesday during a news conference to announce the renaming of the FWAA’s first-year coach of the year award to the Steve Spurrier Award.
“(The Sooners) are the champion of the Big 12. I mean, they win it almost every year,” Spurrier said. “I just don’t think they are going to come over to the SEC and win with any regularity the way they win the Big 12. Their fans, they may say, ‘Yeah, now we can beat Alabama and LSU and all these dudes.’ It may not happen like that.”
Chrishaune
Veteran
"Is Texas the South!!!???"
I guess we got our answer.
I guess we got our answer.God, this is the most pathetic thing I've ever read. Their inferiority complex is seeping through this letter.