With Boren’s recent comments about the need for new teams and the rampant speculation that has followed, I came accross a question regarding the Big 12 GOR. In this theoretical world the Big 12 decides to add 2 schools.

When the schools are added, does a new/extended GOR need to be signed? Or do the new schools sign the GOR that is currently in effect with the end date as it is (Big 12 GOR goes to 2024ish I think).

If a new/extended GOR must be signed, what is the voting process. By this I mean how is it approved? Is it required to be 100% approval? What if someone, we will just say OU for sake of this argument, wants to leave/doesn’t like who is being added. Is this where a super majority vote comes in or is it even a simple majority? Can the Big 12 extend the GOR/keep OU’s rights even if they don’t approve?

I would be interested to know what a lawyer might have to say about this. But this is the internet so any wild and unfounded speculation will also work.

(07-01-2015 11:01 AM)TerpsNPhoenix Wrote:  wild and unfounded speculation will also work.

Congratulations, you've come to the right place.

Seriously, though, I seem to recall that Maryland and Rutgers signed the Big Ten's grant-of-rights agreement when they joined. I assume that any new members of any of these conferences have to do the same when they join.

Also, FWIW, the ACC's GOR was posted on the CSNBBS ACC message board awhile back, here: http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=659...pid9969427 . The ACC's GOR says that any new member has to sign the GOR when they join. (See post #7 in that thread.)

(07-01-2015 11:01 AM)TerpsNPhoenix Wrote:  With Boren’s recent comments about the need for new teams and the rampant speculation that has followed, I came accross a question regarding the Big 12 GOR. In this theoretical world the Big 12 decides to add 2 schools.

When the schools are added, does a new/extended GOR need to be signed? Or do the new schools sign the GOR that is currently in effect with the end date as it is (Big 12 GOR goes to 2024ish I think).

If a new/extended GOR must be signed, what is the voting process. By this I mean how is it approved? Is it required to be 100% approval? What if someone, we will just say OU for sake of this argument, wants to leave/doesn’t like who is being added. Is this where a super majority vote comes in or is it even a simple majority? Can the Big 12 extend the GOR/keep OU’s rights even if they don’t approve?

I would be interested to know what a lawyer might have to say about this. But this is the internet so any wild and unfounded speculation will also work.

GOR's require 100% voluntary approval.

In your scenario, nothing could be done to prevent OU from leaving the Big 12 when the current GOR expires.

(07-01-2015 12:46 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-01-2015 11:01 AM)TerpsNPhoenix Wrote:  With Boren’s recent comments about the need for new teams and the rampant speculation that has followed, I came accross a question regarding the Big 12 GOR. In this theoretical world the Big 12 decides to add 2 schools.

When the schools are added, does a new/extended GOR need to be signed? Or do the new schools sign the GOR that is currently in effect with the end date as it is (Big 12 GOR goes to 2024ish I think).

If a new/extended GOR must be signed, what is the voting process. By this I mean how is it approved? Is it required to be 100% approval? What if someone, we will just say OU for sake of this argument, wants to leave/doesn’t like who is being added. Is this where a super majority vote comes in or is it even a simple majority? Can the Big 12 extend the GOR/keep OU’s rights even if they don’t approve?

I would be interested to know what a lawyer might have to say about this. But this is the internet so any wild and unfounded speculation will also work.

GOR's require 100% voluntary approval.

In your scenario, nothing could be done to prevent OU from leaving the Big 12 when the current GOR expires.

This. It needs unanimous approval and new members would be required to sign to join the conference. If one school objects to it and refuses to sign, then it's null and void. However, a GOR has an expiration date. And yes, they can be extended - although that extension must too be voluntary and unanimous.

IIRC the XII GOR expires coincident with the end of the ESPN & FOX TV deals in 2025. I would imagine any new TV deal would include an extension of the GOR.