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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1781223, member: 652"]
From CBS Sports
 [URL="http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-12-could-earn-an-additional-1-billion-by-expanding/"]Big 12 could earn an additional $1 billion through expansion[/URL]

So this article points out perfectly how the Big XII could really the Big Ten. For some stupid reason ESPN and FOX in writing agreed to pay 250 million dollars each for as many 4 schools being added to the Big XII.

So if the Big XII decided to add Cincinnati, UConn, UCF, USF then ESPN/FOX would each be required to pay the Big XII 500 million more dollars a year. Now this additional 1 billion dollars wouldn't increase the Big XII payout because all it would be doing is funding the yearly share for these new 4 schools would get from the Big XII.

However, how it screws the Big Ten is that ESPN doesn't want to pay a lot of money for the Big Ten and they are trying to save a little to get some of the Big Ten package with FOX but if ESPN has to spend another 500 million a year to the Big XII for crap expansion it takes money from the Big Ten that ESPN could pay them.

The Big XII contract could also be forced to be renegotiated as well by ESPN/FOX and that could cost ESPN even more money or they could lose more rights to FOX.

So basically the Big XII could really  the Big Ten over and piss off ESPN if they are forced to pay 250 or 500 million for Big XII expansion of crap American teams. This expansion wouldn't even guarantee an uptick if annual payouts to the Big XII as the conference title game can happen with 10 teams.
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