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Message: [QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 12834, member: 895"] The $25 million per team is a bit of an exaggeration that got started by people that didn't really know what they were talking about LOL Last year, the Big Ten paid was paid a total of $80 million by the BTN (according to tax records I researched myself). In 2009 it was $74 million. That's $7.2 million per school last year. In other words, if we assume the Big Ten's 50/50 split of profits with News Corp. (it's technically 49/51 for the Big Ten), $54 million in subscriber revenue is enough to add two new shares of $8 million and add $1 million more per team. Again, that does not even take into account advertising or tier-1 rights from ESPN (football) and ESPN/CBS (basketball). The actual numbers come out to having payouts of about $22 million per school, but that's total conference distribution including ALL media, plus NCAA Tournament payouts plus bowl revenues after expenses plus gate receipt sharing in football and basketball. The Big Ten receives about $80 million a year right now from the BTN, but that escalates about 3% per year. Beginning this year, that number will increase now that News Corp's initial $80 million investment has been paid back by way of profits. Regarding Texas Tech and the Pac-12... Stanford can object all they want, but who are the other options? If we assume Texas goes to the Big Ten, and A&M goes to the SEC, the only realistic options for the Pac-12 are: Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Kansas Kansas St. Texas Tech Missouri UNLV Boise St. Nevada Baylor Iowa St. That's not exactly a list of Ivy League-caliber schools. So Stanford can sit there and veto if they want, but if they do, the Pac-12 won't get to 16 teams without taking Tech. Missouri/Kansas would be a nice package, but Missouri by all accounts does not want to go West. Everyone conveniently says "no way the Pac-12 takes Tech without Texas." Yet, there's never any credible substitute as to who is clearly a better option without them included. [/QUOTE]

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