BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

A court of law might. We'll see. This is contract law we're talking about here, not a culture war. IF the Big 12 can prove that ESPN was trying to use a conference to dissolve the Big 12 so as to avoid grant of rights fees...

 

No. The SEC would just kick out A&M.

 

That would be some serious gangsterism. You’re probably right.
But it would fuel the renewal of the rivalry even further. A perpetual storyline.
“You’re looking live at something that Aggies worldwide hoped they’d never have to see again.”

 

The Big 12 is still a good hoops conference - I realize football is king, but it surprises me ESPN had no problem potentially burning that bridge. The lawyers fees for the pending legal wrangling on this whole move will probably equal a cut of SEC tv money. Unless they do it for pro bono for the good 'ol Alma Mater. Ha, ha, - good one. With this kind of bread at stake, my guess is some top tier Wall Street lawyers will be doing the grappling.

 

I hear from a buddy with friends at the SEC office that Okie Light is pointing out the Big XII bylaws violated by Oklahoma and Texas, along with another bylaw outlining penalties for violating those bylaws which sends any buyout amounts into the stratosphere. If my skim of their bylaws is correct, (and lord knows I'm no lawyer) that can be triggered by a vote of the Big 12 members. As to going to court, it depends on if they can come up with evidence of tortious interference and conspiracy. Conspiracy is notoriously difficult to prove, though.

Again, for the Big 12 it might be enough simply to delay things for a year or two.

And yeah, the attorneys are going to be all over this. Too many dollars involved for there not to be, and all sides can afford fancy lawyers.

 

I just hope Texas and Oklahoma go 8-4 or 7-5 every year and trade Liberty Bowl berths.

 

Let’s say the left behind schools win their case. Let’s say they get awarded a lot of money. How does that solve their long-term issue?

 

It doesn't. Just makes it a little easier to accept.

 

I also wonder how much of this is ESPN trying to screw over Fox. If the Big 12 implodes it hurts Fox's CFB... and it makes the AAC something close to the heir apparent. AAC is ESPN's.

 

Wild thought: If the Big 12 somehow does not disintegrate when all of this is said and done, and it just winds up where they're looking for a couple of new members to fill the ranks, would they offer an invite to UAB just as a passive aggressive F-You to the SEC? Like, you loot our teams but we're going to at least put a footprint on your turf?