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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mountaineer Steve" data-source="post: 129529330" data-attributes="member: 1495432">This guy is brilliant or has been reading all of my posts :smiley:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Boren is an egomaniac blowhard that is causing disstabilization in the league.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Now that Dodds is gone at TexA$$, Boren has to show his A$$ in public forum.  This might be the best quote from the story. Other leagues do their fighting behind closed doors, because they don’t have a 74-year-old president at a legacy university drunk on his own power, without understanding or care for the collective good, and intent on being remembered as an agent of change in athletics — whether the change is ultimately good or bad.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another gere is a great point - If the league is “psychologically disadvantaged,” as Boren famously said, it’s because he’s aired the same problems and uncertainties that exist in every league as something unique to the Big 12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outside of myself, this is the first time I seen anyone point out that, The focus is typically on how far the Big 12 is behind the SEC and Big Ten in revenue distribution, which ignores the Big 12’s lead on the Pac-12 and ACC.  This lead is not going away anytime soon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Surprisingly however he did get this wrong, The league would not be able to renegotiate existing TV contracts through expansion, meaning the difference would have to be made up for by some combination of creating a championship football game or a conference TV network. As we all know now, adding 2 teams will give BIG12 prorata share increase. I believe adding 4 teams allows a look in into TV contracts.  However and too his point unless the ACC implodes and the BIG12 ends up with a FSU/Clemson pair, TV contracts won't go up Prorata for 14 teams.  This diffence however might be made up with BIG12N.  My issue with adding teams is split of other revenue sources such as CCG (if one is added) 10 vs 14 teams, CFP split 10 vs 14 teams, and NCAA BB revenue</li> </ul>Long term however I believe there will be 4 P5 conferences, with either ACC or BIG12 surviving.  The first between the ACC and BIG12 to create a network will be the winner.  The BIG12 has a HUGE advantage in that:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They have a ton of content not already owned by ESPN or FOX</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They can convert LHN to BIG12N that would save 10's of millions on startup cost.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Except in small cases the BIG12's current footprint does not overlay other P5 conferences.</li> </ul>On the other hand the ACC has the following issues<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">All  content is already owned by ESPN.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It would cost ESPN millions to start a ACCN </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">With all the cord cutting and ESPN slashing 100's of millions from budget they are not going to pay more for something they already own.  And this my friend is why the ACCN has not taken off, and is not likely to take off until current TV deal ends. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Current footprint overlaps the SEC and BIG. and again with cord cutting, I doubt ESPN wants to go back to the same CABLE companies and try to strong arm them into picking up another network, and I doubt the cable companies want to add more cost to their customers.  It would be better and more cost effective for ESPN to let ACC die and allow the BIG, SEC, and BIG12 pick up the relevant programs.  </li> </ul></blockquote>

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