You might not be aware of the implications of signing over your tier 1/2 media rights to the conference, where that holds even if you leave. That is FAR bigger than even something like a $50MM huge exit fee. There is no "oh whatever, they can back out in a couple years" here, this is the college conference version of an unbreakable marriage. The Big 10 and the PAC 12 make their members do this to ensure no one can leave.

If your T 1/2 media rights are owned by the conference, no one else can put you on TV and you become completely useless to any other conference until those iron chains around your ankles expire. If everyone signs this, then everyone is staying in the Big 12 for 6 years come hell or high water, unless they have the votes to dissolve the conference. The reason why it is 6 years is because presumably the Big 12 will land such a great Tier 1 deal 5 years from now that people will be wondering "so, why were we wanting to leave again?"

Actually you do have reading comprehension issues. You read what you wanted into what I typed. But that's fine..

And the last thing I need especially from you, is a lecture about how to argue intelligently or not flame the board. People in glass houses...

You know what, go to hell. I have no idea who you are, and I don't care. Welcome to ignore. I do not take people off ignore.

Good-bye forever, jackass.

al....do you really think that any contract is unbreakable? If so, then you need to spend a little more time in studying legalities.

As money becomes the hardest driving factor in the aligning of teams in a conference, attorney's will become better at figuring out how to exit without losing a shirt. Remember all the money the Big 12 crowed about getting when Nebraska and Colorado decided to leave? Well, the "settlement" wasn't anything close.

The Big 12 won't come anywhere close to a major deal in 5 years. What will be the impetus? Face it....there are only 2 teams in this league that draw any large interest when it would come to National exposure. No network is going to give a big contract to a conference with 2 major players, when it can go looking to the SEC, PAC 12 or Big 10 and really get their money's worth.

Oh...I am heartbroken Al....

And you'll see my messages...you're no different than anyone else that has someone on ignore. The temptation to look at their post is too great. Your ego won't admit it, but you peek. And then you get pissed...but then you know if you answer then you have to admit that you peeked when you said you wouldn't all along.

And FYI....you do have reading comprehension issues. My handle has changed but if you have been around you would remember even my first handle.

Their Tier one contract is projected to be something like 350 million after the Pac just got their 250 million(?) last year. But nice try.

I'll bite...why do you think that the Big 12, with all their problems will get a contract that large?

Big 12 problems is how they split all the money they make. Thats basically the bottom line in the Big 12.

Which then exacerbates the issue that is causing the problems now.

Nothing changes....right?

But that still doesn't answer why we believe that the contract for the Big 12 will be that large. Are we assuming that just because the PAC 12 got that big amount we will get a bigger chunk?

Doesn't add up...and assumes too many things.

WHICH IS SHORTER GUYZ ALNORTH'S TEMPER OR MY DICK

I guess that means I'm still on his ignore list too. He certainly is a delicate little twat. LMAO

LOL...well I guess I can go to bed now. I've actually pissed a person off 2 days in a row.

We'd need to see your dick.

Pics or gtfo....?

He's got me on ignore too. The guy thinks he's smarter than everyone else and it'll get to the point where he's left arguing with himself.