re: Big XII has Lay-away Plan for TCU

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Everyone criticizing this has no idea what they are talking about. Nebraska isn't getting a full share. Colorado isn't getting a full share. Utah isn't getting a full share. I haven't heard about A&M or Syracuse and Pitt, but I'd bet Syracuse and Pitt aren't though A&M might get a full share off the back. This is standard operating procedure.

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In all those cases a conference is expanding, and thus dividing the current TV revenue pool more ways.

In the Big 12 you currently have $X split 10 ways, then A&M leaves, then TCU takes that spot, now you still have $X to split, but one school must take less money? Essentially the remaining schools are saying, "Look newbie, we're going to keep more of this cash...because we can. You get less." If ten teams were going to divide up $200 million ($20M each, lets say) and then they swap a team out and that team gets $5M, so does each other school now get $1.67M more? How are they dividing up the difference between TAMU's 2012 distribution and TCU's distribuition?

I think its pretty crappy if the Pac 10 did the same thing with CU and Utah as well because they just signed new contracts that included all 12 teams presumably. Nebraska, I can understand, they were joining an established conference (including joining inon proceeds of Big Ten network which they took no risk to start like the other 11 schools) and they are diluting the revenue pool by an extra mouth to feed.