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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131752707" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Right now, as president Gee stated, we are looking at a few years before things begin shaking out.Texas and OU are trying not to pay to get out of the league.&nbsp; But you can bet after this upcoming football season suddenly things will be different and the money will magically appear to try to get out early.&nbsp; Don't know if the 8 core members will be agreeable considering the circumstances.But, no offers are coming anyones way until UT/OU are officially out.The Core 8 have some weight though still in terms of voting power.&nbsp; How?&nbsp; Because ESPN already has the SEC and 11 team AAC in tow---=equals 27 teams.&nbsp; They also have other G5 conferences like the MAC, Sunbelt, BYU who are probably going to vote with the SEC.&nbsp; That's Sunbelt-10 votes, MAC-12, BYU-1 or 23 extra votes or 50 votes (not sure if G5 get full votes)So--if the ACC actually bucks the hand that feeds it, the Big Ten and PAC (FOX) have (14 +14+12=40).&nbsp; Add in the 8 BIG 12 schools =48, plus Notre Dame and you've got 49 schools in a voting block.&nbsp; Leave out the BIG 12 and you lose any hope of advantage possibly.Makes lots of sense--ND independent, 4 B12 to PAC (T Tech, TCU, KSU, OK State), 2 to B1G (ISU, Kansas) and WVU and Baylor to the ACC (allows the ACC to renegotiate deals upward and keeps their basketball on par with the B10 too.)Maybe a Navy from the AAC votes with bud Notre Dame and a few independents such as UMass and or UConn also vote against an ESPN block?We shall see what happens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131752707, member: 1428007"] Right now, as president Gee stated, we are looking at a few years before things begin shaking out. Texas and OU are trying not to pay to get out of the league. But you can bet after this upcoming football season suddenly things will be different and the money will magically appear to try to get out early. Don't know if the 8 core members will be agreeable considering the circumstances. But, no offers are coming anyones way until UT/OU are officially out. The Core 8 have some weight though still in terms of voting power. How? Because ESPN already has the SEC and 11 team AAC in tow---=equals 27 teams. They also have other G5 conferences like the MAC, Sunbelt, BYU who are probably going to vote with the SEC. That's Sunbelt-10 votes, MAC-12, BYU-1 or 23 extra votes or 50 votes (not sure if G5 get full votes) So--if the ACC actually bucks the hand that feeds it, the Big Ten and PAC (FOX) have (14 +14+12=40). Add in the 8 BIG 12 schools =48, plus Notre Dame and you've got 49 schools in a voting block. Leave out the BIG 12 and you lose any hope of advantage possibly. Makes lots of sense--ND independent, 4 B12 to PAC (T Tech, TCU, KSU, OK State), 2 to B1G (ISU, Kansas) and WVU and Baylor to the ACC (allows the ACC to renegotiate deals upward and keeps their basketball on par with the B10 too.) Maybe a Navy from the AAC votes with bud Notre Dame and a few independents such as UMass and or UConn also vote against an ESPN block? We shall see what happens. [/QUOTE]

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