Big 12 vs the mouse

Football
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We know ESPN is calling the shots. I guess we can look forward to welcome some of the leftovers to the American.

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Tom,

I didn’t catch that. Very astute.

Big 12 Sends ‘Cease and Desist’ Letter to ESPN amid Texas, Oklahoma Bids to Join SEC | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

“The Big 12 Conference issued a cease and desist letter to ESPN on Wednesday, claiming the network has "taken certain actions” intended to harm the Big 12 and result in financial benefits to the company.

In the letter, obtained by Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of being “actively engaged” in discussions with at least one other conference member regarding realignment in the wake of Texas and Oklahoma formally seeking entrance to the Southeastern Conference.

Definitely “conspired” past-tense, not attempting to conspire.

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Maybe Fox starts trying to add teams to the MWC to save money too? Could ESPN and Fox come to an agreement? Something like WVU, Tech, OK St, Iowa St to AAC and TCU, Baylor, KU, KSU to MWC? Give both conferences a bump in pay with the billion dollars saved!

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It’s West Virginia, gotta be. I dont think they ever “bought in” to the big 12.

Either this guys got balls of solid rock to take on the mouse (picture the Mickey from South Park) or he’s brain dead. Someone should have told him they never found the body of the old Big East.

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This is ESPN’s play

https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP/status/1420511097916780546?s=20

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Only if Fox wants to be named as a party to the lawsuits on the way.

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And I don’t think ESPN’s power play demonstrates any desire to share.

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Never put it in writing if you can say it


Never say it when you can just nod.

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Now we know why espn+ was really created. Put mega conferences and charge a premium for streaming. This is indeed the end of college football as we know it.

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Don’t know how much money the Big 12 offices have, but suing Disney and Fox wont be cheap. This cease and desist is in hopes it prevents something from happening. After it goes down, Big 12 leaders will be presented a suitcase of cash to go away. If all Big 12 teams end up with a home, I don’t see any lawsuits actually happening.

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Companies exist that finance lawsuits. Money is available to sue.

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And they weigh the likelihood of success before taking on the expense of a case.

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I will let the law experts chime in if they think there would be a good case. But if all members of the conference sign off on leaving, who is the league office suing for? So they can put more money in Big 12 leadership pockets?

Now if ESPN grabs 3-5 programs and some schools are left to fight for themselves, I can understand a lawsuit. That might have some teeth if its a public school like K-State that gets screwed.

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Thisv is too stop ESPN and Aresco from successfully gutting the conference and making sure ESPN doesn’t have to fulfill it’s contract alongb with saving UT and OU hefty exit fees.

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Big 12 is now known as the IRATE 8 !

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Wtf is happening holly s***

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Big 12 is in panic mode.

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You know all of this would be fine if let’s say we were talking about companies, private companies that is. What is disgusting here is that we are talking about mostly public schools. I am not for government intervention here but this is clearly the best and clearest attempt to create a monopoly with non possible reversing outcome. The schools that are going to be left behind after the four remaining P’s stands will be kicked to the curb for good.
espn surely has looked at demographics trends and behaviors and is looking at the college football “life” expectancy. They came to the conclusion that kids won’t be playing football before too long except for geographical regional pockets. Make no doubts about it this is the nfl AAA and AA farming system. utau and atm kills any possibilities for UH to get into a P conference if mickey mouse takes over the PAC12. If this happens we are royally screwed and so are the small12 left overs.
amazon, appletv, google and any other streaming service is our only hope if this happens.
Let’s say mickey mouse takes over the PAC12. A major class action lawsuit should be immediately drafted with the monopoly reason behind it. It is crunch time.

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The Big 12 did this to the Big East when they took West Virginia and TCU. Now they are crying.

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This could simply be the big 12’s stall tactic to try to scare the sec.

The delay gives the texas legislature time to come back into session during the term of the lawsuit going to court.

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