re: MSN: Kansas to Big Ten may be 'imminent,' according to insider

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You think KU and ISU will add enough revenue to keep the payout at 50 million? Highly unlikely. The other programs are not going to take a pay cut just to add 2 additional teams. They are not into charity.

Those teams get less ratings than the top American teams.

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Yes. Like people have already mentioned, the B1G will be looking at this from an AAU perspective. By adding two more AAU members, the amount of research funding could increase. People don't realize how much the research money dwarfs the network money. The B1G had almost 10 billion in research funding last year. More than double any other conference. Lastly, we are looking at this from a football perspective because its football season. Kansas brings a tremendous amount of prestige to the conference in basketball. So yes, this will be the direction i now believe the B1G will go. Massive amounts of research funding!!!