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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129567809" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Schools leaving a gor would sacrifice revenue from the time they departed to the end of the contract and the new conference wouldn't benefit from their media rights.&nbsp; Undoubtedly there would be lawsuits if they tried.But, if its 2023, and the BIG 12 must negotiate a new contract in 2024 (for the end of their deals in 2025)--the B10 (and or P12) could certainly approach school(s) and make them an offer that, when their 2025 commitment expires, they join the other conference.Then what you have is the BIG 12 unable to get that new deal done, because they don't have the commitment of a member or members.&nbsp; Disaster ensues.IMO this is what the Big Ten has set its contract to expire in 2023 for.&nbsp; One-to one up the P12 and B12.&nbsp; They'll get a second new contract before those conferences get one.&nbsp;&nbsp; That ensures they get a good deal and hurts the others trying to.Two-to leave themselves options to poach schools from these conferences.&nbsp; Except they've always been a partner to the PAC--highly doubtful they&nbsp; poach them.&nbsp; More likely they are going to try to help them poach the only conference that can save their financially troubled conference--the BIG 12.&nbsp; Big Ten goes after the schools they want and then if they agree, the P12 does the same.If the BIG 12 fails to address its needs to secure itself now, beyond the end of its contracts, this is what the membership will be facing.&nbsp; The other conferences aren't sitting still--and the SEC will likely try to join in because they'll begin to fall behind too--their contracts are not up until 2034 other than their CBS deal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129567809, member: 1428007"] Schools leaving a gor would sacrifice revenue from the time they departed to the end of the contract and the new conference wouldn't benefit from their media rights. Undoubtedly there would be lawsuits if they tried. But, if its 2023, and the BIG 12 must negotiate a new contract in 2024 (for the end of their deals in 2025)--the B10 (and or P12) could certainly approach school(s) and make them an offer that, when their 2025 commitment expires, they join the other conference. Then what you have is the BIG 12 unable to get that new deal done, because they don't have the commitment of a member or members. Disaster ensues. IMO this is what the Big Ten has set its contract to expire in 2023 for. One-to one up the P12 and B12. They'll get a second new contract before those conferences get one. That ensures they get a good deal and hurts the others trying to. Two-to leave themselves options to poach schools from these conferences. Except they've always been a partner to the PAC--highly doubtful they poach them. More likely they are going to try to help them poach the only conference that can save their financially troubled conference--the BIG 12. Big Ten goes after the schools they want and then if they agree, the P12 does the same. If the BIG 12 fails to address its needs to secure itself now, beyond the end of its contracts, this is what the membership will be facing. The other conferences aren't sitting still--and the SEC will likely try to join in because they'll begin to fall behind too--their contracts are not up until 2034 other than their CBS deal. [/QUOTE]

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