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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132093656" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Laughable claim of the day&nbsp; &quot;there is no financial incentive for Pac schools to join the BIG 12&quot;.First--the BIG 12 is not at the negotiating table yet, but what we do know is that ALL projections show that the BIG 12 is going to be ahead of the PAC--which has already been lowballed and is going to have to go to open market to try to get any deal.&nbsp; And these aren't message board posters, they are the people in the industry who valuate conferences ahead of their media rights negotiations.On top of that, the BIG 12 is FAR more likely to participate in playoffs and major bowls than the PAC is.Sure the PAC is pumping out propaganda left and right to try to hold the few schools that want to remain there there.&nbsp; But real viewing numbers, fan numbers, athletic success--everything that matters shows the BIG 12 to be ahead.Now who knows if the PAC schools are going to just hold on to wait for Oregon, Stanford, Washington to also leave.&nbsp; Who knows if they'll be happy to fork over revenues to those schools just to get them to sign for a couple of years instead of blowing up right now.But to claim there isn't a financial incentive reminds one of the lies the ACC told FSU and Clemson to keep them in that severely underpaid conference which is waiting to blow up? Just a bogus claim with nothing to back it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132093656, member: 1428007"] Laughable claim of the day "there is no financial incentive for Pac schools to join the BIG 12". First--the BIG 12 is not at the negotiating table yet, but what we do know is that ALL projections show that the BIG 12 is going to be ahead of the PAC--which has already been lowballed and is going to have to go to open market to try to get any deal. And these aren't message board posters, they are the people in the industry who valuate conferences ahead of their media rights negotiations. On top of that, the BIG 12 is FAR more likely to participate in playoffs and major bowls than the PAC is. Sure the PAC is pumping out propaganda left and right to try to hold the few schools that want to remain there there. But real viewing numbers, fan numbers, athletic success--everything that matters shows the BIG 12 to be ahead. Now who knows if the PAC schools are going to just hold on to wait for Oregon, Stanford, Washington to also leave. Who knows if they'll be happy to fork over revenues to those schools just to get them to sign for a couple of years instead of blowing up right now. But to claim there isn't a financial incentive reminds one of the lies the ACC told FSU and Clemson to keep them in that severely underpaid conference which is waiting to blow up? Just a bogus claim with nothing to back it up. [/QUOTE]

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