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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129564434" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Sports Day Dallas sums up the current situation nicely:excerpt:Carlton: Expansion, title games, the Longhorn Network; what factors into the future of the Big 12?Many questions need to be answered, both internally and by the Big 12's TV consultants when the conference ADs and board of governors (presidents and chancellors) meet in Las Colinas from May 31 to June 3.For now, the Big 12 seems serious about trying to shed its dysfunctional image. While the Big 12 seems to study the landscape more than anyone since Ansel Adams, this exercise is a good thing - regardless of where it leads."If the Big 12 is going to get its act together, the opportunity is now," said one industry source familiar with the process.The composition (read: expansion) committee will talk twice by phone before Irving, commissioner Bob Bowlsby said, with the board of governors also meeting by phone.Keep these factors in mind as the Big 12 ponders its future: TV projectionsThe focus was on Navigate Research in Phoenix and its presentation that expansion and a title game would enhance the Big 12's chances of making the college football playoff. While Navigate will also be in Las Colinas, another significant presentation will be delivered by TV consultants Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures (BHV).BHV has been testing the waters on conference TV network and what a new Big 12 TV deal would be worth if it expands and extends its current deal that runs through 2024-25.<a href="http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/05/07/carlton-expansion-title-games-longhorn-network-factors-future-big-12">http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/05/07/carlton-expansion-title-games-longhorn-network-factors-future-big-12</a></blockquote>

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