#BIG 12 CONFERENCE ADDS FOUR NEW MEMBERS TV#

With Independence, BYU is hovering around anywhere from $6-$10 million in TV revenue, reportedly with ESPN. But how much does it change?įor BYU, it will be a windfall of money they’ve never experienced before. So everyone expects the per team payouts to dip from the $37-$39 million the league is making now with the Longhorns and Sooners as members. The better question for the Big 12 in the future is what will happen with the next TV deal? Texas and Oklahoma are massive TV draws. Power Five status shouldn’t be the concern for the Big 12 Conference The Pac-12 and ACC have zero teams among the top 10. Two of the latest additions in Cincinnati and BYU are currently in the Top 10 of the rankings.

Now the challenge for the new Big 12 will be to put out a product that shows it’s as good or better than conferences in the Alliance. Big 12 Gets 4 New Members in College Sports’ Latest Shuffle The Big 12 Conference, dealing with the pending losses of Oklahoma and Texas, extended invitations to Brigham Young, Cincinnati, Houston. But as long as the NCAA is involved with college sports, the Big 12 will have its autonomous status. Nothing is guaranteed in this era of college athletics. The autonomous powers will not be soon curtailed,” stated the Altimore Collins & Company study. …Among life’s many worries, this should not be one. “NCAA has legislatively empowered the Big 12 with A-5 conference authority powers going forward.

Thus, giving those leagues the chance to write many of their own rules. The ‘Power 5’ debate is a media-driven, confused, made-up issue and term, driven by uniformed rival fans and pushed by click-hungry writers.”īack in 2014, the NCAA Board of Directors granted autonomy to five conferences. On page six of the 233-page analysis, the study states, “The B12 A-5 status will be fully assured through at least any big reorganization of NCAA models.” Then goes on to state, “fans can stop worrying if the new-look Big 12 will remain a ‘Power Five’ conference.

Big 12 conference adds four new members