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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1836206, member: 27"]
[URL="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/17191475/in-big-12-expansion-oklahoma-sooners-leverage-motivation-unclear"]In expansion talks, just what does OU really want?[/URL]

[I]However, one industry insider, who worked directly with programming before recently leaving for another job in the industry, indicated getting the Big 12 schools to sign a grant of rights without offering anything in return will be a tough sell for the networks, even as they have to shell out up to $800 million to the league. More likely, to get a grant of rights extension, ESPN and Fox would have to put forward an immediate renegotiation of the Big 12's tier 1 and 2 deals, and pay the Big 12 up to the levels of the SEC and Big Ten. The Big Ten is now getting an estimated $250 million per year from Fox for only half of its rights.

If the networks put that on the table, the Big 12's viability for the next two decades would be virtually assured.[/I]

Pretty sure that industry insider now resides in CNY...
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