(12-07-2017 12:46 AM)SDHornet Wrote:  

(12-06-2017 11:19 AM)chrisattsu Wrote:  One theory that I have seen is that basically the XII is picked a part by the other conferences. How depends on who you ask and which teams each conference is willing to absorb.

This is the driver...but it's not really up to the conferences...mostly up to the TV execs and how they decide to divvy up the money.

Also what Stu said above. No point in moving around (which incurs entrance and exit fees) when the real movement is still just off the horizon.

WAC just needs to stay alive and hope some homeless folks land in their lap in addition to whatever D2 movement happens between now and then.

I don't see the reason for the Big 12 to split up. Each team received just under $35 million in Big 12 revenue last year. That does not include $15 million that Texas gets for the LHN and $7 million that Oklahoma gets from their network. They will receive additional revenue from this year's championship game, which could come out to $30 million to the conference. The conference is doing well financially by itself and Oklahoma and Texas are doing extremely well.

There is also no reason to expand and add G5 schools. There are no G5 schools left that are appealing enough. I think the Big 12 already made that decision. Being able to play a championship game with ten members makes the idea of expansion kind of pointless.

The same for the Sun Belt. They have made the decision to stay at ten for the next few years and will play a Championship game in 2018. I see no reason to bail out CUSA and merge with them.