With 10 members, the Big 12 currently gives the largest distribution payouts to its members of any conference. Adding teams only makes the pie slices smaller, as the money pool wouldn't get bigger, but the number of hands reaching out for it would.
In a 10-team league, all teams play each other, meaning every Big 12 title game would be an inevitable rematch. The best team would likely have to beat the second-best team twice to win the conference championship.
That additional game might not bring enough revenue to make that risk seem worthwhile.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/01/where_will_college_football_he.html#incart_river
I wonder how they managed to pull down that much cash? With seven bowl team vs twelve for the SEC, they still managed to out earn us?
In a 10-team league, all teams play each other, meaning every Big 12 title game would be an inevitable rematch. The best team would likely have to beat the second-best team twice to win the conference championship.
That additional game might not bring enough revenue to make that risk seem worthwhile.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/01/where_will_college_football_he.html#incart_river
I wonder how they managed to pull down that much cash? With seven bowl team vs twelve for the SEC, they still managed to out earn us?