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Originally Posted by panerd
That would really make it clear that the Big 12 decisions are being run out of Austin, TX. No Kansas you can't have your biggest basketball and football rival because we have to stick together. Now go take your 8 million of uneven revenue sharing while we bring in twice that playing Oklahoma. To make up for it the Texas legislature has decided to let you play Baylor or A&M another time each year. It's this arrogance that is causing Mizzou and Nebraska to want to get out of this league.
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Agreed. Perkins is far more inept than we already give him credit for if he allows the conference to dictate that they can't play Mizzou in the non-conference schedule. KU needs that rivalry even more if Mizzou leaves. A guaranteed payout if they played any other team at Arrowhead would be far less than the $1M that they get right now and they wouldn't be guaranteed to fill that stadium.
I suspect that the talking heads at KU will come to their senses and start thinking rationally after things fall out. Judging from the article this morning in the KC Star, the KU fan base would likely string up Lew to a tree if he ever tried to to stop the Border War.
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/12...-the-idea.html