(07-09-2018 06:56 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote: (07-08-2018 06:37 PM)esayem Wrote: I've said it once and I'll say it again, Kansas and Syracuse would be an absolute diabolical basketball-centric move by the Big 10. Oklahoma and Kansas would be the best of both worlds. Yes, Oklahoma is way out of the footprint, but the instant revival of OU-Nebraska on Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving weekend would be well worth it.
Texas is one of the few public schools that can successfully make it this day and age as a football independent. They could probably swing it to where an Oklahoma-less Big XII accepts their Olympic sports, while football plays an independent schedule.
I still don't see the Kansas thing.
It's pretty obvious that the $$$ media contracts revolve almost exclusively around football. Kansas adds NOTHING to football. They add nothing in the way of new/larger markets either. They add nothing in the way of recruiting areas. Honestly, other than adding some cred to basketball, I don't see how they'd add enough value to bring them into the conference.
I like the OU idea, football blueblood with a national following. They'd bring value, Kansas wouldn't.
No offense to the Jayhawks, it's just the reality.
Speaking of which, interesting thread on Twitter from Flugaur about OU.
https://twitter.com/flugempire?ref_src=t...r%5Eauthor
I have no doubts that Oklahoma is a serious candidate for the Big 10, but I wouldn't put any stock in what Fluguar has to say. I strongly believe that BTM (Big Ten Man) is a fictional character that enables Fluguar to drive his Twitter hits for ad revenue while giving him a dodge on liability issues.
As to the T3 rights of Oklahoma they were sold by FOX to ESPN in the latest deal as part of the property of the RSN that airs them. The operative questions here are two.
1. Does the requirement of ESPN to sell those RSN's come after or before the completed transaction. 2. Did FOX proper sign the contract with Oklahoma for their T3 or did the RSN of FOX sign the contract.
As to date none of this has been made clear. But what we do know tells us that this is a non issue and is wholly unrelated to what OU may or may not choose to do in 2024.
How do I know this? Because the T3 deal expires in 2022 and it was only for 7 million a year out of which OU paid overhead. The OU profit in the current deal is between 3 and 4 million a year after overhead. Any Network could easily buy out the remainder of that deal even if it didn't expire moving forward.
Then ask the intelligent question here? Does the Big 10 have a network? Yes. What is assigned to that network? T3 rights. Does the SEC have a network? Yes. Ditto the explanation. Would Oklahoma forgo having T3 for two years if they were about to join the Big 10 or SEC, or would those to conference simply pay them 3 million for two years to buyout their two year gap in T3 to get them? Hell yes!!!
This is classic Fluguar Dudeesque B.S..
What Fluguar is doing here is shamelessly creating an issue where there is none. What OU does or doesn't do with T3 rights (which expire in 2022) is wholly inconsequential to where they move, if they move. And who owns those rights in the wake of the FOX/ESPN deal is wholly irrelevant as well.
So for that whole set of tweets what did he tell us of value? That the Big 10 is interested in having Oklahoma (one of the two most valuable schools that could potentially move) as a member. I ask you guys, "Is that news, or is it a no brainer?"