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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129566811" data-attributes="member: 1428007">A little more from Boren and ESPN:excerpt:<a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15523117/oklahoma-sooners-president-david-boren-says-consensus-key-big-12-expansion-network">Big 12 expansion, network will take 'unified action,' OU president says</a>&quot;I'm not out to get Texas. If we did something, you've got to make Texas financially whole. You can't expect them to give up $15 million ... unless [they're] compensated for that. Somehow, the conference has to get that $15 million back to them,&quot; Boren said. &quot;You've got to devise a revenue distribution that lets them get paid back for the $15 million a year they're giving out. My suspicion is if the revenue figures [that] come out are very high or moderately high, you can afford to make everybody whole and everybody makes money. They'd be making more money than $15 million a year, if it's so advantageous to us financially to create a network. But we don't know the answer to that question yet.&quot;Boren said a conference network could push expansion, to give the conference more content options and TV market possibilities. Boren also said he has heard from roughly 25 schools about joining the Big 12</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129566811, member: 1428007"] A little more from Boren and ESPN: excerpt: [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15523117/oklahoma-sooners-president-david-boren-says-consensus-key-big-12-expansion-network']Big 12 expansion, network will take 'unified action,' OU president says[/URL][/B][/SIZE] "I'm not out to get Texas. If we did something, you've got to make Texas financially whole. You can't expect them to give up $15 million ... unless [they're] compensated for that. Somehow, the conference has to get that $15 million back to them," Boren said. "You've got to devise a revenue distribution that lets them get paid back for the $15 million a year they're giving out. My suspicion is if the revenue figures [that] come out are very high or moderately high, you can afford to make everybody whole and everybody makes money. They'd be making more money than $15 million a year, if it's so advantageous to us financially to create a network. But we don't know the answer to that question yet." Boren said a conference network could push expansion, to give the conference more content options and TV market possibilities. Boren also said he has heard from roughly 25 schools about joining the Big 12 [/QUOTE]

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