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It’s just wild ESPN thought they could move 3-5 schools to the AAC, without paying them equal to more than they would make through 2025 in the Big12.
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This ain't the "biting the hand that feeds them" deal. This is about that same hand also abuses them, and guess what, they have the right to defend themselves.
You most certainly don't rob a conference 20 million a year and just expect to skate by. They're giving the mouse the "**** you" treatment. That mouse was in bed with OU, Texas and the SEC, and guess what? Everyone knows it. Somehow, the Mouse dropped the ball by engaging in the conduct for the sole purpose of injuring the plaintiff. And apparently there's documented evidence of it. To summarize, the Big 12 just bluntly said "why don't you **** around and find out" to the Mouse, and the Mouse ****ed around, and guess what? He's finding out now.
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It’s too bad, my son likes watching Micky Mouse.
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Would be much easier to say, if there weren’t evidence of ESPN pressuring it.
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I doubt that. They'll want to avoid that as much as possible now that this has spilled over.
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That's a big one.
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There’s a ton on violations with Texas and OU alone, especially if they want to leave before 25. But purposely trying to get rid of a conference you have media contracts with for your own gain? Boy oh boy. That’s like getting caught burning down your own house to collect insurance… but on a much larger scale.
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Look. As explained before, the Big 12 would not have rattled this chain unless they know there’s a pretty serious legal argument behind it. ESPN must be pretty complicit here and the Big 12 believe they have a smoking gun.
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I can see why it would be a PR hit for ESPN, but why is it illegal. Schools can leave their conference, right? Hasn't it happened before?
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The accusation is that they (ESPN) tried to get UT and OU them to leave earlier. This is what they're claiming to have evidence of that, that UT and OU didn't have to pay big buyouts and ESPN didn't have to pay the rest of the billion dollars remaining on the TV contract with the Big 12 because the Big 12 would have imploded.
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Rattling the chain is legitimately all they have left. Why not try and scare UT and OU into either honoring their remaining years or the buyout without much of a fuss? |
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