[Husker] questions, questions

[Mark Landin]

Whereas I think NU was gone as soon as the big 10 indicated we had a
spot. There was nothing texas or the b12 or anybody else could have
done to keep us. Even under the best possible big 12 scenario, big 10
was the better option. Money, academics, tradition, conference
politics ... Big 12 loses in every way.

On 6/21/10, Duane Feldman <dlfeldman at ameritech.net> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that Texas didn't want NU to leave -- NU is worth $$ in
> whatever conference they play.  The let NU leave however because we just
> wouldn't "play ball" as some of the smaller schools were doing.  To prevent
> NU from leaving, TX would have had to back down on several issues including
> (1) permanent Cowboy stadium has championship game and more importantly (2)
> give up on a Longhorn TV network.  Without Texas in the B12TV Network, the
> rest of the teams would continue to get peanuts compared to the Big10 and
> SEC agreements, while Texas would take the bulk of the TV earnings.
>
> BeeBee, clearly working in behalf of UTx, demanded that NU, et al, declare a
> commitment to the Big 12 BEFORE a TV contract was negotiated.  An impartial
> Chairman would have asked for a commitment for a common TV agreement.  By
> doing it backwards, it looks like NU is trying to break up the league,
> instead of making it look like UTx is the money grubbing school that it is.
>
> So what happens to OU, and TA&M?  They get a disproportionate amount of the
> severance fees to offset the lower TV revenues.  The remaining schools
> simply don't have enough clout fight and will have to take whatever is left
> over.  But even in this regards, UTx gets a large portion of the severance
> funds so they win all the way around.
>
> Duane
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
> Shawn Sherlock
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:23 PM
> To: gscratch1 at comcast.net
> Cc: list husker
> Subject: Re: [Husker] questions, questions
>
> This may have been asked already, but if CU cannot afford to buy out Hawkins
> how can they afford to leave the B12?
>
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> On Jun 15, 2010, at 11:59 AM, gscratch1 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> And from my Kansas cousins -- Nebraska is the "bad guy" that tried to break
> up the Conference! Texas "saved" them!
>
> in which case, they should be happy to have NU gone - have you heard
> anything like this?
> maybe they'll pay NU's leaving-conference the penalty
>
> you know, this seems like an awful lot of trouble for Texas just to get rid
> of the one dissenting vote?
> and, why get rid of Colorado, then?
>
> Glen in NJ
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