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Originally Posted by Mr. Plow
mikey clearly says "IF the rights agreement goes through at 12-13 years as has been rumored, the Big 12 WOULD be a very stable conference for that period."
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Why does everyone ignore the elephant in the room when the handcuffs are discussed?
LHN is Tier 3. ESPN backs LHN. If Texas pledges their Tier 1 and 2 revenue for 5 years, 13 years, or 1000 years, they can still leave at any moment because they have a full network in place to broadcast all their games. And OU has publicly acknowledged that they are starting their own network too.
The vaunted pledging of media rights only keeps the rest of the teams in place, not UT or OU.