OU, Texas to the SEC?
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WHEW BOY BUCKLE UP https://twitter.com/kbohls/status/1418612094723821568?s=20
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So from what I’m reading just now from CBS Sports. Oklahoma and Texas plan to inform the Big 12 Monday of their intentions not to renew the contract.
Also the way I’m understanding that quite possibly that both schools would have to pay close to 80 million each if they wanted to join the SEC before 2025 when the current contract expires. If they pay those fee’s then they would start playing SEC in 2022 and wouldn’t have to wait - -as CBS stated it would avoid an ugly 4 year divorce from the Big 12 if they paid the 80 milion which they said if they would become members of the SEC the 80 million could be easily made up. So it’s likely this is the LAST year that these two are members of the Big 12
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@FarmerJayhawk said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
WHEW BOY BUCKLE UP https://twitter.com/kbohls/status/1418612094723821568?s=20
Welp if that turns out to be the case kind of discounts the theory of Arkansas Missouri & Texas A & M not wanting them huh ? - if this turns out 13-1 - I would say Texas A & M would be the ONE oh well
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So a few things on timing. OU and UT aren’t waiting until 2025. There’s enough money sloshing around to buy their rights back from the Big 12 ($76 million per school) and get them to the SEC for the 22-23 year. Now, if the Big 12 goes belly up after that the rights return to the schools, so it opens up a lane for KU to approach the B1G (who we’re aggressively lobbying) and PAC and say hey, there’s no buying out our media rights like the B1G had to with Maryland (to the tune of about $50m). So KU becomes more appealing than say, UVA, who has a 9 figure media rights deal with the ACC and even the B1G probably won’t touch that. So if things really speed up we could be in the B1G in 12 months.
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I could see more teams saying no if no had any sort of traction, but it doesn’t seem to. I’ve heard a lot of people throwing around a KU-Mizzou package to the B10, but that doesn’t seem likely if Mizzou is voting yes on adding OU-Texas.
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@FarmerJayhawk I haven’t looked into the conference’s GoR much. The ACC’s is through like the 2030’s though, right? Do you know if the buyout is reduced as a school gets closer to the end of the GoR term, or if it’s the same whether a school chooses to leave 10 years out or 1 year out? Like would UVA’s buyout be less every year closer to the GoR’s end-of-term?
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
@FarmerJayhawk I haven’t looked into the conference’s GoR much. The ACC’s is through like the 2030’s though, right? Do you know if the buyout is reduced as a school gets closer to the end of the GoR term, or if it’s the same whether a school chooses to leave 10 years out or 1 year out? Like would UVA’s buyout be less every year closer to the GoR’s end-of-term?
I believe so. I think it’s like most buyouts in the sense of you have to pay the remaining value on the deal. The ACC deal runs through 2035, so you’d have to pay 14 years worth of the deal to break it unless you negotiated some kind of settlement. Since the Big 12’s is only through 2025 (assuming the league survives) it’ll be much, much less. And honestly, Fox and ESPN will not be happy with a crippled Big 12, so my sense is they’ll try to get out of the Big 12 deal, which could make us “free agents” so to speak.
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@FarmerJayhawk That makes sense. Thanks
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I don’t know if this has already been posted, but it seems important so
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I would be very pleased with the BIG.
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Wonder what would happen with the Champions Classic.
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@BShark said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
I would be very pleased with the BIG.
Would make for some very interesting match ups in Basketball , Wisconsin - - Michigan State , Michigan - -might be interesting form new rivals. - Yet would be very weird not to be playing K-State after soooooo many years
Wouldn’t look forward in football though to the annual ass whoopings from Ohio State ll
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Fineburn was saying he couldn’t see the Big 12 surviving if Texas and Oklahoma went to the SEC . Someone text his show about saying you forgetting Baylor & KU in Basketball ?
He answered by saying no offense to Basketball BUT Basketball has no say in this. He said the one big concern for the big 12 surviving was that even though it has some good partners for Saturday games and such is that the Big 12 has no network like the Pac 12 has it’s net work - -The SEC has their network - -The ACC has it’s network - - The Big 10 has it’s network - -but no Big 12 network- -
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
I don’t know if this has already been posted, but it seems important so
Wondering if Oklahoma and Texas buy their contract out so they can get out and join SEC for the 2022 season , Think we all know the Big 12 is history. Just wonder if KU would buy out it’s contract to be able to join Big 10 for 2022 Season ?
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Good point. Maybe swap MSU for UCLA?
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@jayballer67 not a PAAAAWWWWWL fan but he’s spot on. Hoops is an afterthought here. Things seem to be moving FAST. Like once OU and UT make things official you could see the B1G go within a matter of weeks
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Texas is going to have a rude awakening https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/1418648908859953161?s=20
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I notice that several schools are paired with KU when speculating about Big 10 additions. No one is talking about Notre Dame. They’ve been independent, but weren’t they a part of the Big10 basketball schedule and didn’t they join the Big10 football schedule this past year due to COVID? Would that perhaps make them a candidate or are there unsurmountable obstacles?
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@bskeet said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
I notice that several schools are paired with KU when speculating about Big 10 additions. No one is talking about Notre Dame. They’ve been independent, but weren’t they a part of the Big10 basketball schedule and didn’t they join the Big10 football schedule this past year due to COVID? Would that perhaps make them a candidate or are there unsurmountable obstacles?
Yes, their quasi-deal with the ACC stipulates if they join a conference, has to be the ACC
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Ah-- it was the ACC they were playing with. Sorry for the confusion!
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@FarmerJayhawk All day long we take that nugget. Btw, thanks for the nugget. Question though, why would UVA want to move from the ACC?
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@nwhawkfan nah, the Big12 is toast.
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@BShark I like it.
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Texas Tech , TCU , & Baylor all have already reached out to the Pac 12. - -You guys I know not on the Football side , BUT believe it or not - if this turns out which simply looks like it’s happening - -I’m actually miss the K-State / KU rivalary - - no more K-State ? - - - -sooooo many years just won’t seem right. - - Isn’t that rivalry one of the oldest - I know - -but it just won’t seem right
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I think KU and KState will find a way to play one another annually if they aren’t in the same conference after the dust settles. Similar to how Iowa St and Iowa are currently.
It will be interesting to see whether the P12 takes TCU or Baylor since they are religious universities. If the B12 conference dissolves, the best-case scenario for KState might be getting into the P12.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
I think KU and KState will find a way to play one another annually if they aren’t in the same conference after the dust settles. Similar to how Iowa St and Iowa are currently.
It will be interesting to see whether the P12 takes TCU or Baylor since they are religious universities. If the B12 conference dissolves, the best-case scenario for KState might be getting into the P12.
TCU and Baylor are not religious schools in the same way BYU is. Neither school has the same level of code of conduct BYU has. TCU isn’t even dry campus, it has coed dorms, and is typically ranked as one of the better party schools in the country. TCU is basically a religious school in name only. Baylor is a lot more strict in that regard as it is a dry school and doesn’t have coed dorms, but it still doesn’t approach BYU.
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I didn’t say either of them were religious schools in the same way BYU is. TCU is a private Christian University. Baylor is a private Baptist University. Maybe that won’t be an issue for the P12, but I’m not sure. You seem pretty sure.
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Thia is going to be some BS if they leave immediately and we dont get a showdown with Beard. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31868545/source-oklahoma-sooners-texas-longhorns-verge-making-sec-move
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Hmm. Code of Conduct and Baylor doesn’t really seem to jibe.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
I didn’t say either of them were religious schools in the same way BYU is. TCU is a private Christian University. Baylor is a private Baptist University. Maybe that won’t be an issue for the P12, but I’m not sure. You seem pretty sure.
Are seriously trying to explain the culture of two Texas schools to someone who grew up in Texas and basically lived here my entire life?
Again, TCU is a Christian school in name only. I have spent plenty of time on both campuses as well as several other Christian universities in the region. TCU has very few of thallmarks of a Christian university. There is no other Christian school I have ever been to that is a wet campus. There is no other Christian school I have been to that has coed dorms. TCU being a “Christian” school will not be a stumbling block for the P12 looking at them.
Baylor has a lot more of the hallmarks such as being dry and not having coed dorms. They also have an on campus seminary, but that’s part of why they’re officially the largest Southern Baptist school in the world. Baylor however is nowhere near as strict on a lot of other policies that you’ll find at other Christian schools such as chapel and a code of conduct.
The reason I bring up BYU is because they have made multiple attempts to join the PAC only to be rejected because of their religious affiliation. TCU would not have those issues, but Baylor likely would.
The biggest issue however and why the PAC 12 won’t add any Big 12 school is California bill AB1887 which prohibits state funded California schools from traveling to play in states with LGBT discrimination laws in place. All current states within the Big 12 footprint are on that list and why KU can’t play UCLA, Cal, or any other public school in California.
Even if the 12 schools voted 12-0 to admit these schools, California law will pretty much keep the PAC 12 from expansion.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I didn’t really read your response, but I’m just going to tell you: the reason I don’t engage you very frequently on buckets is because I believe you get into arguments with people in bad-faith. In other words, the points in question aren’t really up for debate in your mind, but rather you just have a need to prove that you are right and the other poster is wrong. Consequently, I don’t find discussions with you to be particularly informative/constructive or fun at all.
I think it will be interesting to see what happens with the remaining B12 teams. Have a good day.
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@approxinfinity 18 month?
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@BShark anyway A and M would back out join us and maybe sayyyyyy Colorado? Or somebody else? Not worth it?
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
@BShark anyway A and M would back out join us and maybe sayyyyyy Colorado? Or somebody else? Not worth it?
We’re peacing out of the Big 12 if possible. Marriages of convenience don’t last ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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@Crimsonorblue22 augh haha thank you. I missed that
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Rip big 12
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@KirkIsMyHinrich As with everybody else, you have to sort through the chaff to find the wheat. For example, the point about Calif law was important.
I agree that there is a short fuse when anyone ventures an opinion on something he perceives as his bailiwick. But I have noticed that with almost everyone who writes long expository posts.
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Another thing this is going to do , if the Conference dissolves after Texas & Oklahoma bolt to the SEC. Which I fully believe , I don’t think there would be any saving the Big 12 if they leave for the SEC. - Soo with no more Big 12 - -there goes the Big 12 tourney in the Sprint Center. Been a Stable for the community along time . No more Conference tourneys there, No more 2nd home advantage for KU. Where is it that the Big 10 has their post Season Conference tourney ?
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KU has most B1G Presidents/Chancellors on board.
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Just read an article written by David Briggs " The Blade " Toledo Ohio . Wasn’t the best of things we as KU fans would like to read or believe BUT art the same time brings out some kind of harsh but yet very realistic points that wouldn’t make things very favorable in our favor for joining the Big 10. Which gets a person to thinking - - - if we as KU didn’t get accepted into the Big 10 assuming this all goes down then exactly where DO WE GO ? Here is the things he had to say. Again kind of not so good but yet has valid points…
He said his 1st thought about the Big 10 answer to the SEC adding OU & Texas was the Big 10 adding KU & Iowa State - his 1st thought that it was a bad idea. Then he said after sitting back and thinking moe about it he thought would be a TERRIBLE IDEA for the Big 10. Saying that would be like doing expansion for the sake of Expansion. He said if the Big 10 countered the SEC adding Oklahoma & Texas by adding Ku & Iowa State would be like answering a Nuclear strike with a water Balloon.
Briggs says Expansion is all about Money & Power , with Football driving the train he Says what would the Big 10 be adding by adding KU & Iowa State ? Topeka Market ? - Kansas City ? saying that the Big 10 wouldn’t be creating near enough value to it’s TV deal to offest the 2 extra mouths to feed.
This doesn’t shine a very good spin for us , but yet in a way you can see his point , Makes me feel not quitet as sure about us landing being accepted into the Big 10. Again if that turns out to be so - - then where do we go ?
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Briggs needs to think a little harder. The media landscape is about to change very quickly. Basketball will become more valuable in the event of a breakaway. The B1G institutions like what we bring in research $. The big concern from their side a decade ago was facilities. That’s no longer an issue. In fact, it’s actually a positive now. Rock Chalk Park is an elite facility and capable of holding meets and tournaments at the conference or national level.
With streaming, media markets aren’t nearly as important as they were 10 years ago. It’s just as easy for a KU alum in Chicago to watch KU as it is an alum in LFK. It’s going to be very important to get eyeballs and sell subs to services like ESPN+.
Not guaranteeing we go to the Big Ten. I think the ACC is also a legit option.
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Some interesting conversations I heard a National sports talk show off 1490 FM here in Topeka , every Sunday Night. - -It was mentioned that I guess said to the big 12 that in order for them to stay in the Conference or at least one major sticking point for them to stay would be - - they want their share of conference revenue to increase. - -Every member of the big 12 right now gets 37 million - -Oklahoma & Texas want their shares to be increased to 56 Million… The Host of this talk show said that he was sure that the other members of the Big 12 he was sure probably wouldn’t have a problem with that realizing that they are the Big brother of the league. But what’s to say he said would keep them from bolting in 2025 even if you gave them the increase for the SEC or Pac 12 or the ACC in 2025 when it’s time for the rights to be renewed.
Another interesting tidbit they came out with about Oklahoma & Texas bolting for the SEC. - - Seems like the Texas legislature has introduced a bill that states that for a Conference team to switch leagues that it would have to be passed by the Texas Legislature - - the interesting thing about this is this could be really interesting cause they named one of the legislators is a grad from like Texas Tech - -Another from TCU - - Another from Baylor and yet another from another Texas lol - -sounds like these guys wanting to play hard ball about letting Texas transfer out of Conference. - The pushing to rush this bill through they said OMG that’s funny.
Another thing they said was OK Oklahoma says OK Texas can’t go - - that’s fine - -Oklahoma says we go and just take our little Sister - - Oklahoma State. BUT the question then becomes - - does the Big 10 WANT Oklahoma State instead of Texas - - this just took another twist - going to be interesting. - - I still think in the end they go BUT ya just never know
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@jayballer67 said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
BUT the question then becomes - - does the Big 10 WANT Oklahoma State instead of Texas
Assume you mean SEC?
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@mayjay said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
@jayballer67 said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
BUT the question then becomes - - does the Big 10 WANT Oklahoma State instead of Texas
Assume you mean SEC?
ya that’s what I meant tp put - -flat screwed that up huh lol. - -the question becomes does the SEC want Oklahoma State with Oklahoma ? - -I also remembered the other legislator referring to my other post about Texas , the legisliture having to pass before they could join the SEC & that other one that I was referring about he is a grad from Texas A & M. - So you have Texas Tech - -TCU - - Baylor - & Texas A & M all there and they would have to vote in favor in the legislature to allow Texas to join the SEC - -they are trying to rush the bil through to get put in place. - -Like I said I think when it’s all said and done they wil go - - BUT might cause some snags for awhile
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Its over OU, Texas pulling out. Whether it happens before 2025 is going to be hotly decided
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@BeddieKU23 said in OU, Texas to the SEC?:
Its over OU, Texas pulling out. Whether it happens before 2025 is going to be hotly decided
I think it’s inevitable. They can’t say they’re leaving now or they’re on the hook for any damages, but I’d be really surprised if they’re in the league a year from now.
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Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Per ESPN
“The possibility remains that they pay the $75-80 million penalty for leaving early, while also giving the required 18 months’ notice, per Big 12 bylaws.”
This was interesting…
“Some have speculated that this is the first legal maneuver, and the possibility also exists that if the Big 12 dissolves before 2025, OU and Texas would no longer be bound to stay through the duration of the contract.”
“The move might be costly for Oklahoma and Texas. Under Big 12 bylaws, they have to give the league 18 months’ notice that they’re leaving. The two schools signed agreements with the Big 12 that granted their first- and second-tier media rights to the league through June 30, 2025, and the Big 12 would own their rights until the deal expires – even if they leave.”
The last part about the Big-12 owning their rights even if they leave makes, wow. I bet they are hoping the Big-12 dissolves…
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@BeddieKU23 Funny thing will be if the B12 somehow ends up surviving even as a lesser conference… Which is something I think is a real possibility.
