UT President: "Revenue Sharing Is On The Table"

[StallionsModelT]

http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Tex ... 181451.php

[Pony Soup]

Someone has said all along that TX & OU agreed to stick together. If that is true, then this is not surprising at all.

[RGV Pony]

wonder who is on the list of candidates to replace Beebe

[Dutch]

wonder who is on the list of candidates to replace Beebe

orsini

[smupony94]

Larry Scott

[Dutch]

wonder if they would bring back Steve Hatchell as an interim until they could conduct a search.

[RGV Pony]

since it looks like he's not going to be able to buy the Stars, Chuck Greenberg

[Mexmustang]

Help me here. ESPN reported that UT would not consider another Texas school for Big 12 membership for "political reasons". I would have thought for "political reasons" is should consider back filling with Texas schools. What political reasons? Hurting Kansas' and Iowa St'. feelings?

[RGV Pony]

they mean political reasons because Bill Clements was a politician

[Mexmustang]

Well, they ignored Perry...

[redpony]

Don't you find it ironic (and humorous) that both OU and the whorens would probably already have decided on a different conference if they had not had to take their idiot cousins to the party?

GO PONIES!!!

[Mexmustang]

Brings up another point. Why give money to these two schools to allow them to expand? Just raise the admissions and academic standards and create real centers of higher learning. The student bodies would decline, not increase for some years. Are we really creating value, by producing graduates that actually believe they have obtained a college education?

[StangCP]

Brings up another point. Why give money to these two schools to allow them to expand? Just raise the admissions and academic standards and create real centers of higher learning. The student bodies would decline, not increase for some years. Are we really creating value, by producing graduates that actually believe they have obtained a college education?

What are you talking about?

[ericdickerson4life]

Brings up another point. Why give money to these two schools to allow them to expand? Just raise the admissions and academic standards and create real centers of higher learning. The student bodies would decline, not increase for some years. Are we really creating value, by producing graduates that actually believe they have obtained a college education?

You say this as if people actually care about academics. Hell, people care less about winning football games than the money they receive. Why would academics be a part of any discussion?

[Charleston Pony]

I can understand where Texas is coming from on some of this...but a 10 member conference is "perfect"? So...assuming they play every conference member in a 9 game schedule, he likes the idea of some teams getting 5 conference home games and others only 4? Can't say that I've ever liked the odd # of games schedule is you are seeking competitive balance. ( members is actually ideal. Play everyone and everyone gets 4 home, 4 road games and more flexibility in non-conference scheduling. Say good riddance to A$M. They made their bed, right?

As for revenue sharing, why should Texas have to subsidize Baylor? I agree the league should share revenue on "league wide" TV contracts, but why does Texas need to share revenue that they can produce on their own (for games against E. Podunk U.) when Baylor can't? Baylor is free to negotiate their own separate TV deal...if there is any demand, right? Under the "share equally rule", should Texas and OU share their gate receipts equally with Baylor and Iowa State? Does the conference do that now?

Maybe the compromise is the MLB plan and "luxury tax" where the rich share part of their earnings over a certain level? But...aren't Texas and OU already doing that with the national TV deals? I know I'm not turning on the Baylor vs Iowa State slugfest.