(01-13-2016 10:53 PM)omniorange Wrote: (01-13-2016 10:49 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote: boren is an idiot
OU makes more money without a conference network than they would with one
they were always against a conference network and now he is pretending that OU does not make more money without one or that OU wanted one all along
at least the chancellor of Nebraska actually had the guts to admit on record that NU was always in favor of unequal revenue sharing in the Big 12 and that NU was always in favor of individual networks in the Big 12 and was further along than Texas on starting one before they ran off to the big 10
that is much more than you can say about A&M that was threatening to sue the Big 12 for an unequal share of the money left by NU and CU before A&M ran off as well
and now boren wants to try and be like john sharp....just a guy that makes a lot of stupid public comments and a lot of bad decisions as long as it tries to poke at Texas (never mind those ideas and shots fail and Texas just shrugs them off)
Maybe Boren isn't an idiot? Maybe he has one or two attractive offers that he knows will make OU more $$$ than the B12 conference revenue share and what they make on third tier rights?
Cheers,
Neil
well lets go over those options
1. the PAC 12 was something that OU and OkState looked at when their fans were upset that OU looked like it was sitting around with no other options other than Texas deciding what Texas wanted to do and hopefully that was staying in the Big 12
so if OU wanted the PAC 12 or if the PAC 12 was a more attractive option then OU should have taken that option then
and as of now we know the finances prove 100% that OU makes more money in the Big 12 and there is little chance that adding OU to the AC 12 will measurably move the needle on the PAC12n much less to the point that revenues would jump for all 13+ teams.....again if OU (or OU and little buddy) moves the PAC12n why would OU just not make that money themselves as they do now
2. ACC....well the Big 12 makes more than the ACC right now without counting any third tier rights
so again if OU moves the ACCn that much more forward why would OU share all that leverage with 14+ other teams
3. the SEC....well I just did the math for that
and besides the same loud mouth that is talking for OU now is the same loud mouth that said in the past that OU was not really wanting to go to the SEC
so if OU wants to go to the SEC (or the PAC 12) just a couple of years later well what kind of idiots are running that place
4. the Big 10 has never been interested in OU and the Big 10 was not interested in OU with Texas which is part of why Texas was not interested in the Big 10
so what options do you think OU has....maybe OU needs to go to the MWC or the AAC especially since they seem so in love with the AAC teams and they can revive the MWC network or they can get a big new TV contract for the AAC that is coming due and they can get an AAC network as well
have fun with that!