Ethics Vs. Legality

is it that different than different conferences making different amounts of money?

I think it's short sighted of Texas because it's a fairly small amount of money in teh big picture and creates bad feelings within the conference

But I don't see how it's really all that different from different conferences making more or less money

I'm not an antitrust lawyer... oh wait, I am!.... so without getting technical because no one cares, you could make an antitrust argument against Texas that they are using their market power to create unfair competition in the market of the Big 12.

You'd probably lose, but the argument is there. they have essentially extorted the smaller schools to surrender their revenues. The problem is, it appears to be their idea, not Texas'.

I would hope the SEC does not stoop to this level. It works fine with the equal sharing plan it currently has. The disfunctionality of the Big 12 is apparent because of the inequality.

Well, OF COURSE Texas would define the market differently. thats every antitrust case in a nutshell - arguing over the definition of "market".

But I do think they are extorting the small schools - give me your revenues or I will bolt this conferece - forcing you to non-BCS status. It's not even subtle. The most pathetic thing is that apparently it was the small schools' IDEA. That's just sad.

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But I do think they are extorting the small schools - give me your revenues or I will bolt this conferece - forcing you to non-BCS status. It's not even subtle.

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not at all....

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The most pathetic thing is that apparently it was the small schools' IDEA. That's just sad.

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Considering what their fate would have been I am not at all surprised and don't think it is pathetic. It is quite sad, only because the others took em up on it but I think jobs would have been lost on some of those campuses and that, among other things, is some of what they were trying to save.

eta....I wonder if Kansas and Kansas state is scurrying right now trying to think of ways to improve the football team? That and that alone will save them from either going to the MWC or being a world away from their conference because lets face it...... The big ten doesn't want them. The fricking big 12 (texas, ou)wants to dump them. The big east will die soon so it could end up being the ACC if they want to accept kansas and all of their extra travel they would force on themselves.

Where is the idea that it was the smaller schools ides to get taken advantage of. I know that their options were limited, but the deal reeks. The NCAA really needs to look at this before others follow suit.

The sad thing is that aTm had a chance to better themselves and kick UT in the nuts, and they didn't. Had aTm accepted the invite to the SEC...Texas would still be walking around with a dick in their arse. i have lost all respect when it comes down to aTm and OU. Yesterday, they totally reinforced what UT has been saying all along....You are my bitches...along with your seven stepsisters.

And don't give me this crap "aTm and OU did better themselves...look at what theyre getting."
Yeah? well lets see how its gonna all pan out in 3, 5, ten years when texas wants out....

This is only the first chapter of this dysfunctional family.

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Which business model do you prefer? MLB or NFL?
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Which produces a better product and therefore more lucrative contracts? I say revenue sharing is the way to go. JMHO.
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Sid makes some serious sense here! Is it legal or not I don't know? All I know is the SEC shares, this has allowed the smaller or not as successful programs to build new facilities, recruit better, and grow their programs so they are not always the doormat. That is why the SEC is the best conference in the country and that's why they put 7 to 9 teams a year in bowls and win the bulk of their bowl games. Being in a conference where say Bama and Florida were the only two good teams and the rest are just average does not sound so good to me. I like a conference where every Saturday any team in the SEC can have a chance to beat the other team or at least keep it close and make a game out of it. I know that the SEC told Vandy about 6 or 7 years ago they needed to take the earnings they were making off the SEC and upgrade all their facilities and get serious about their sports programs or they were going to kick them out. Well, it appears to me that Vandy has kicked it in gear to get better in all sports. I remember taking a tour of the facilities at Arkansas when they first came over from the SWC. That place looked like a dump compared to what they have now which is real nice facilities that ultimately will help them compete. I think trying to get all 12 SEC teams to be the best they can be is the only business model that makes sense to me and sharing is the only way to achieve this. Besides, you can get a bonus or extra cash by going to a better bowl, winning in other sports, and promoting your own sports networks. I have no problem at all to pay for view a LSU game that is not on TV.

I was under the impression the big 12 was the only conference to share revenues unequally. My bad.....

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so far as i know only the big 12 shares TV revenue unequally (but I could be wrong)

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that's the impression I was under.

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the idea of having unequal revenue distribution within the same conference really only strikes me as bad business (because the amount of money is fairly small and not worth the dissension it causes)

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agreed