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[QUOTE="RASWVU, post: 293432, member: 2285"]
It is not really a matter of if they will honor that. Texas, or any other B12 member is free to leave the conference at any time that they want. There is no buyout. There is no waiting period. 
 
The only problem is that they have already signed over ownership of their Tier 1 and Tier 2 media rights to the B12. That means that the B12 will collect the broadcast royalties for Texas games for the next 6 years, no matter what conference that they are playing in. Since the B12 now owns those rights, the onus would be on Texas to regain those rights, before they could allow their new conference to benefit from them.  Since each member's reported media rights are $20 million per year, I would think that negotiations would start at the $120 million level.
 
From a practical standpoint, I do not think any conference would be interested in a current B12 member if they knew that it would be 6 years before they could profit off of their Tier 1 and 2 media rights. What conference would offer an official invitation until it was finalized that the new prospect had reaquired their media rights? What B12 member would be so set on leaving that they would want to undergo the battle and expense of reaquiring their media rights before they had an official invitation?
 
My opinion is that any current B12 member that had the slightest inkling of wanting to leave, would have never signed the GOR. It binds them much more tightly together than a buyout, and it certainly make TV negotiations more attractive, as ESPN knows that they are guarenteed of the media rights to the teams in the conference for the duration of their contract, without concerns to what happens with realignment.
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