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The CIC angle has me more convinced than ever that the B1G is not expanding. That's a huge reduction in institution funds that football expansion cannot make up. Assuming its an equal 13 way split, that 460 million dollars per institution in research funds per year. If the B1G expands to 16, that split goes down roughly 100 million dollars per school.
There are no football contracts that are going to make up that amount of money for the B1G institutions. I'm sure the B1G is a little gun shy anyway since NU went and lost its AAU standing after they joined. That means the SEC is the only viable option Missouri has unless the SEC decides to go to 16. And they would have to have assurances from CBS/ESPN they are willing to expand the contract by 17 million per school per year.
Perhaps there's some bigger payoff somewhere that I'm just not getting, but I cannot for the life of me see how these expansion scenarios really benefit anyone outside of the PAC structure (which is genius by the way. I am very envious of it.) Missouri, you have competition and fewer options than you may think at this point. I wouldn't be too cocky just yet.
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