(05-17-2015 10:19 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  

(05-17-2015 08:39 PM)ElectricCoogaloo Wrote:  What is all this 'ESPN saved the big 12' crap?

The LHN is the reason the big 12 almost imploded....

No it wasn't. The b12 almost imploded because of unequal revenue sharing. Texas wanted to do a network with a and m and was rebuffed. They also wanted Nebraska to be part of it. Then everyone started leaving. Texas and company were going to go to the PAC and were sued by Baylor. The PAC didn't want ok st and this offered a way to keep tx happy and the b12 together. Everyone got access to their own tier three rights. Tx was the only one who could justify going it quasi alone. The original plan was to show tx hs football as an out because it rolled up to the ut system. Then everyone else started complaining and blocked the hs part because of recruiting advantage concerns.

What the heck do you think the LHN did for revenue sharing? Made it more equal?

The LHN was the catalyst behind the split. The inequality laid the framework, the LHN lit the fuse. After Texas went down that road, everybody bailed.