RoyceTTU
09-22-2011, 08:44 AM
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/21/3159108/dan-beebe-working-on-agreement.html
Dan Beebe working on agreement to exit Big 12
Sounds like he might be headed out today possibly.
I listend to a TTU station this morning and Kirby Hocutt(TTU athletic Director) was on there and said A&M was done. I know there has been a push to try to get them to stay but he confirmed what everyone else thought. Nothing could keep them there.
There is supposed to be a meeting today I believe with all the presidents of the big 12. On the agenda is Beebe, stabilizing the conference and a vote on the tier 3 rights.
The tier 3 rights is going to be the stickler. OU says they won't stay with the way the LHN is formed and UT says they won't budge on the LHN. I know Scott(of the pac-12) came out and said that they were done with re-alignment talks, but I am really doubting that. I think he just wanted things to slow down and really didn't want to do it in the middle of the school session. I'm sure his preference to work on this in spring and summer.
I really feel like the Big 12 is in the worst shape of any conference as far as stability goes and all the other conference directors are looking at the teams drooling. The problem is they all want to do a package deal that will include UT but without the LHN and it just won't happen and still get the presidents votes. At this moment, whoever the new Big 12 director will be needs to work in desperation mode. They can't sit back because it is falling as we speak. They are going to have to aggresively recruit top-tier teams/academics immediately. If they don't, other conferences will continue to pick and choose out the teams they want.
The obvious choices are UH, TCU possibly SMU. Honestly because of the way TV contracts work, only UH makes any sense. The DFW market is already saturated with OU, UT, BU, TTU and OSU. There is nothing to gain there. Because A&M will be leaving, there will be a huge Houston market to be gained back, and that's where UH comes in. They can't get it all back but right now it's damage control. Besides, TCU now has a heafty buy-out form the Big East.
ND and BYU are really non options for the same reason the big 12 is the mess it's in. The LHN and each school have their own TV rights. The other schools will not vote in schools that will put them further down the food chain. Having said that, I agree the best move is to go after the Big East schools. They do have a buy out, but if a large portion of the confrence is to disolve, it is really hard to pay a conference that doesn't exist. At this moment, as a package deal TCU may become viable because the other schools will bring a large enough fan base that it won't hurt too bad.
I think what it boils down to.....if the Big 12 will survive, they need to be the first Big-16 and they have a long way to go with very little leverage.
Dan Beebe working on agreement to exit Big 12
Sounds like he might be headed out today possibly.
I listend to a TTU station this morning and Kirby Hocutt(TTU athletic Director) was on there and said A&M was done. I know there has been a push to try to get them to stay but he confirmed what everyone else thought. Nothing could keep them there.
There is supposed to be a meeting today I believe with all the presidents of the big 12. On the agenda is Beebe, stabilizing the conference and a vote on the tier 3 rights.
The tier 3 rights is going to be the stickler. OU says they won't stay with the way the LHN is formed and UT says they won't budge on the LHN. I know Scott(of the pac-12) came out and said that they were done with re-alignment talks, but I am really doubting that. I think he just wanted things to slow down and really didn't want to do it in the middle of the school session. I'm sure his preference to work on this in spring and summer.
I really feel like the Big 12 is in the worst shape of any conference as far as stability goes and all the other conference directors are looking at the teams drooling. The problem is they all want to do a package deal that will include UT but without the LHN and it just won't happen and still get the presidents votes. At this moment, whoever the new Big 12 director will be needs to work in desperation mode. They can't sit back because it is falling as we speak. They are going to have to aggresively recruit top-tier teams/academics immediately. If they don't, other conferences will continue to pick and choose out the teams they want.
The obvious choices are UH, TCU possibly SMU. Honestly because of the way TV contracts work, only UH makes any sense. The DFW market is already saturated with OU, UT, BU, TTU and OSU. There is nothing to gain there. Because A&M will be leaving, there will be a huge Houston market to be gained back, and that's where UH comes in. They can't get it all back but right now it's damage control. Besides, TCU now has a heafty buy-out form the Big East.
ND and BYU are really non options for the same reason the big 12 is the mess it's in. The LHN and each school have their own TV rights. The other schools will not vote in schools that will put them further down the food chain. Having said that, I agree the best move is to go after the Big East schools. They do have a buy out, but if a large portion of the confrence is to disolve, it is really hard to pay a conference that doesn't exist. At this moment, as a package deal TCU may become viable because the other schools will bring a large enough fan base that it won't hurt too bad.
I think what it boils down to.....if the Big 12 will survive, they need to be the first Big-16 and they have a long way to go with very little leverage.