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While this conference shifting is obviously becoming, more and more about ego's than money. Money still is an important part. It dawned on me that I haven't a clue how the proposed (or current) Texas' TV network really works.
I understand how a visiting non-conference team gets say, $500,000 to get beat and doesn't share in any other revenue, whether from ticket sales or independent TV. But, how does it work with a conference teammate? Or when Texas and OU play?
Does anyone know? When Texas and OU play does the conference get the TV revenue from ABC or CBS? Does the Texas channel also broadcast? Would Texas only benefit?

ESPN said it's $25 million a year to UT, and $17 million a year to be split among the others. Sadly, UT is in a position to say "take it or leave it" ... and even then might walk away.
Damn, I hate UT.

If you're Baylor, you'll probably agree to most anything at this point.

Mexmustang wrote:While this conference shifting is obviously becoming, more and more about ego's than money. Money still is an important part. It dawned on me that I haven't a clue how the proposed (or current) Texas' TV network really works.
I understand how a visiting non-conference team gets say, $500,000 to get beat and doesn't share in any other revenue, whether from ticket sales or independent TV. But, how does it work with a conference teammate? Or when Texas and OU play?
Does anyone know? When Texas and OU play does the conference get the TV revenue from ABC or CBS? Does the Texas channel also broadcast? Would Texas only benefit?

I want to know this too. Do conference members have to sign a contract for every game against Texas? Does the Texas network sell the rights to ABC for a national game? I just don't get how it could actually work without being independent.

And if the reports are true that after 3 years, they are estimating it will only make $3 - 5 million a year in profit, how can that be better than what they would get from a conference network?

It will be interesting. The way the Big Ten and Mountain Networks work, they are subsidiary to the main contract of the major networks (CBSC, Versus, CBS, ABC, ESPN). It may be that UT network covers all home games of UT not otherwise broadcast by the primary networks (like NBC only has rights to all home Notre Dame games- road games are on other networks). Anyway, that may be what's in store for the Big XII. If Beebe is making these numbers up, whoa, there are going to be some angry Aggies.

Not to be confused, I was speaking of UT's own network vs. the conference tie-up, not the new proposal just floated giving UT a premium spit on a new Big 12 conference contract.
Eastang, that maybe the anwser. Does anyone know?

Ok. Just got a run-down on this. (per a Nebraska reporter, so I assume this is at least how the planned Nebraska one would have worked)

It is for "left-over inventory," meaning any game that does not get picked up by your conference's network deal--whether that be Fox, ESPN, or whoever--would go on your network. (I assume you would add the games for all of your non-revenue sports as well.)

Didn't get the answer to which games count toward each school's inventory, but I am guessing it is probably your home games. If the opposing team doesn't have their own network or a conference network to put a game on, perhaps they can then sell it to the visiting team?

I guess what I still don't understand is that this is basically, what, 3-4 games a year for a team like Texas? So what do you put on the air for the other 364 days and 12 hours of the year?