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<blockquote data-quote="xWVU2010x" data-source="post: 129611309" data-attributes="member: 1467482"><p>I dont like the Big XII, we are here out of necessity, not desire by the other 8 teams (TCU in the same boat as us).&nbsp; We play 9 teams that we have nothing in common with other than the need to fill a schedule.&nbsp; Im glad we are here and not left behind, I enjoy the opportunity to road trip to Austin every other year, not really into the other potential locations. But to sit here and actually spin that the Big XII is not the worst off of the 5 major conference simply is sipping kool aid.&nbsp; Everyone signed record deals, we struck a deal during a time that DVR, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Premium Cable all have the core cable networks very worried.&nbsp; One of the major things that keeps the cable companies afloat is live content, and we struck a deal at a very opportune time, it doesnt mean that because we struck a deal at a better time than some other leagues that we would have gotten more than them if they were at the table at the same time.&nbsp; When the other leagues renew their deals they will top ours, guaranteed.&nbsp; We have a small geographical footprint, no team from this conference has won a National title in 10 years, so there is no must see TV that would draw people outside of the primary footprint, its simple numbers and demographics.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="xWVU2010x, post: 129611309, member: 1467482"] I dont like the Big XII, we are here out of necessity, not desire by the other 8 teams (TCU in the same boat as us). We play 9 teams that we have nothing in common with other than the need to fill a schedule. Im glad we are here and not left behind, I enjoy the opportunity to road trip to Austin every other year, not really into the other potential locations. But to sit here and actually spin that the Big XII is not the worst off of the 5 major conference simply is sipping kool aid. Everyone signed record deals, we struck a deal during a time that DVR, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Premium Cable all have the core cable networks very worried. One of the major things that keeps the cable companies afloat is live content, and we struck a deal at a very opportune time, it doesnt mean that because we struck a deal at a better time than some other leagues that we would have gotten more than them if they were at the table at the same time. When the other leagues renew their deals they will top ours, guaranteed. We have a small geographical footprint, no team from this conference has won a National title in 10 years, so there is no must see TV that would draw people outside of the primary footprint, its simple numbers and demographics. [/QUOTE]

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