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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5338996, member: 622"]
That is screwed up, it may be a part of the impetus to leave the PAC-12 by everyone.  If the new deal wasn't large enough to cover the losses they knew of they were almost bound to look for stability elsewhere.

It may also be why the preferred schools were looking for the most stable conferences, those with networks.  The Big 12 was the "safety-net".

The above is pure speculation on my part, yet it helps to understand why Stanford and Cal were willing to consider a cut share to join the ACC.  Even if the ACC explodes in 2036, they have time - and resources - to make themselves attractive.  If nothing else, the ACC survives 2036 and they are set for a while...until the next round of conference re-alignment.*

* I am beginning to think that re-alignment is not the goal - though aligning the "chosen schools" may be a goal - but rather re-alignment is the long term norm.  The conferences have been around more than a century.  All conferences little resemble their original make-up of the the conference, except the Ivy League.  Several conferences have been disbanded.
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