JimmyBuff
Well-Known Member
Kind of interesting
Big 12 allowed them to do whatever they wanted. So glad we are out of that conference.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/sports/ncaafootball/15colleges.html
Although it appeared that Texas was leading a charge of four teams from the Big 12 South to the Pac-10, an official with direct knowledge of the talks said late Monday night that Texas’s 11th-hour demands to the Pac-10 broke down the talks. Texas wanted to keep its lucrative local television rights and also asked for “extra sweetener” in revenue sharing, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the talks.
“It was unacceptable,” the official said. “The talks broke down.”
That put a bizarre end to the talks and helped save the Big 12, which brings some stability to the volatile landscape of college sports and, at least temporarily, halts the creep toward the evolution of 16-team superconferences.
Big 12 allowed them to do whatever they wanted. So glad we are out of that conference.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/sports/ncaafootball/15colleges.html