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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1837418, member: 622"] Good find, Mark. This tends to agree with the position UT has of looking east for more exposure and OU not really wanting western teams but eastern teams. With ESPN holding the major eastern properties and the key secondary eastern properties, it is easy to understand why ESPN is reluctant to part with a few teams for the Big 12: 1) They would be paying these same schools much more than presently; 2) they would be losing proven secondary properties; 3) they would be helping their arch-nemesis in sports broadcasting; 4) they would have to back fill their secondary properties with lesser properties. For ESPN, Big 12 expansion makes little sense. For Fox, Big 12 expansion makes perfect sense. Perhaps Fox gets smart and sweetens the deal for ESPN by paying both shares and getting a few more choice games? I agree with Cusian, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. [/QUOTE]