Through today's progress, the PAC 12 decided on Tuesday, 9-21-11, it prefers to stay with just 12 teams. The SEC is still welcoming to A&M and now rumors have it that Missouri U may also be SEC bound.
OU (Prez Boren) announced also on Tuesday that they (OU) are reconsidering staying in the Big XII to try and keep it in tact. However, OU wants some conditions met:
1) The removal of Big XII Commissioner Dan Bebee OU (Prez Boren) announced also on Tuesday that they (OU) are reconsidering staying in the Big XII to try and keep it in tact. However, OU wants some conditions met:
(which I totally agree with and have long wanted myself)
Mainly due to Dan's lack of fighting to keep
Nebraska and Texas A&M in the Big XII.
Most Big XII school presidents feel the same way as Boren
regarding Beebe's lack of concern towards both schools and want his removal.
Dan ignored the frustrations and concerns of both universities.
2) Restrictions on Texas' Longhorn Network;
that UT capitulate on network and not show high school
content/including highlights and no second conference game.
(the following is an excerpt from NewsOK read more, click on title):
The impression has been that Texas, via Beebe, has run roughshod over the Big 12. The source said Beebe made the decision that appeasing Texas was the Big 12's best hope for stability. “He made the wrong decision,” the source said. Instead, that led to instability, with the departure of Nebraska and now A&M.
The source said Big 12 presidents view Beebe as a commissioner serving only one school, Texas. They lay Nebraska's departure in June 2010 at the feet of Beebe.
“When a commissioner has a tin ear to what's happening in Nebraska and doesn't get himself up there…” the source said.
Ironically, the source said, Texas supported another candidate for commissioner four years ago, when Beebe was hired, while OU supported Beebe.
The source also said Beebe left items off the conference agenda that could have helped corral The Longhorn Network, such as a conference game being televised.
“The best commissioner's a consensus builder,” the source said. “We need a consensus-builder commissioner.
“You take the Big Ten, SEC, the Pac-12, their conference office runs circles around our conference in capability, not to mention bias. This commissioner totally cost us Texas A&M.”
The source said that OU could even push for revenue-sharing of individual networks. Texas is reaping more than $12 million a year from its ESPN contract with the Longhorn Network.
“What if we share a small percentage?” the source asked. “That's a real strong show of support. Where's anybody going to go in any other conference that doesn't want all your network? Wouldn't it be a nice show of good faith?
“It would be making sure the conference was even-handed and stable.
“It's true there's some things in favor of the Pac-12. Plain stability. We don't want to have to do this every year. What do we do? What do we do?”
The source said Big 12 presidents view Beebe as a commissioner serving only one school, Texas. They lay Nebraska's departure in June 2010 at the feet of Beebe.
“When a commissioner has a tin ear to what's happening in Nebraska and doesn't get himself up there…” the source said.
Ironically, the source said, Texas supported another candidate for commissioner four years ago, when Beebe was hired, while OU supported Beebe.
The source also said Beebe left items off the conference agenda that could have helped corral The Longhorn Network, such as a conference game being televised.
“The best commissioner's a consensus builder,” the source said. “We need a consensus-builder commissioner.
“You take the Big Ten, SEC, the Pac-12, their conference office runs circles around our conference in capability, not to mention bias. This commissioner totally cost us Texas A&M.”
The source said that OU could even push for revenue-sharing of individual networks. Texas is reaping more than $12 million a year from its ESPN contract with the Longhorn Network.
“What if we share a small percentage?” the source asked. “That's a real strong show of support. Where's anybody going to go in any other conference that doesn't want all your network? Wouldn't it be a nice show of good faith?
“It would be making sure the conference was even-handed and stable.
“It's true there's some things in favor of the Pac-12. Plain stability. We don't want to have to do this every year. What do we do? What do we do?”
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