(08-02-2022 09:52 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote: Google it
https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/2020/...onference/
Not as bad as some reports that falsely claim it was all about the LHN.
"...According to Dodds, it came down to traveling and what it would have done to his student-athletes. Looking past football, the travel schedule for Olympic sports such as basketball, baseball, and softball would have been brutal. Having a midweek game in Seattle, Washington from Austin would have been a round trip of over 4,200 miles in just under two days...."
President Powers, AD Dodds and Women's AD Plonsky held a press conference the next day. Powers said they figured the Big 12 could get the same money (ESPN and Fox had given them an idea of what their renewal would be, which was pretty similar to the Pac--and Fox ended up paying an early bonus to the conference, effectively giving them a raise immediately) and they wouldn't have to do the travel. And as they worked with the Pac people to minimize travel, UT realized they could get a lot of the scheduling benefits out of conference. Texas has since scheduled USC, UCLA and Cal out of conference in football. So same money, similar schedule, less travel without moving.
The LHN deal was still expected to be pretty small and likely go to Fox in October 2010, 4 months after the Pac 16 fell apart in June.
Of course the article tells the lie that A&M left the next year because of the LHN when in fact, President Loftin himself said he decided in 2010, but was just waiting for the right time. And the reason he left was for school branding.