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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
kcchief outlined the details a few pages back. $40M is a pretty accurate estimate when you put all the pieces together. It would have increased over the course of the contract another $4-5M.
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Big-"12" currently takes in $150M per year in their TV deals. I don't know how much more Texas gets than anyone else in those deals, but I recall talk they were getting ~$20M. They get $15M per year for the Longhorn Network. That's right in the same range as the projected revenues in the Pac-12 once the Pac-12 Network is rolling. Of course, if Texas joined the Pac-12, their mega-deal would be subject to re-negotiation. With one less major conference, and adding the Texas & Oklahoma brands, anyone want to bet that the Pac-16 wouldn't command a significant bump from their existing deal?
Meanwhile, a limping Big-"12" that has lost A&M and the Oklahoma schools would be able to command enough money in their next TV deal to provide Texas a match to that?
I don't think so.