(04-09-2019 02:30 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Conferences 2019 spring meetings will happen soon. The SEC meets starting May 27th. Any rumors that any of these conferences shall be discussing expansion/re-alignment in any substantive way?
My guess it is too soon for the P5 conferences. Doubtful even the B12 will discuss it again in an open, formal.way. That doesn't mean they shouldn't.

I can't see any confirmed discussions until at least 2021. The Big 12 GOR prohibits talk of a school leaving so I don't see anything becoming public until they reach the required 2 year pre-notification period. So if they want movement to happen coincident with the expiration of their GOR notice will be given sometime around the Summer of 2023. I have no doubts but what the main participants are having back channel discussions already, if for no other reason than to gauge their current valuations which is essential to making a comparison between their values to the Big 12 vs the other conferences. They need to know that just to renegotiate a contract for the Big 12. Knowing their value to the Big 10 / SEC are necessary for weighing the decisions to stay or go. If the determination is to stay together then at least they know whether the offers for their rights are high or low. If moving then by 2021 they will be in earnest discussions with prospective conferences.