They have about 10 candidates, one being listed is Kirk Schulz, due to his work in the Pac 12, and previous time in the Big 12, it will be interesting to see what he does. Personally I'd stay away from the Big 12, you have an interesting dynamic that is going to develop. They of course lost Nebraska, Texas A & M, then Texas and OU after year or two. Then you add BYU, Central Florida, Houston, and Cincinnati, Keep in mind you added West Virgina and Baylor last year. The Texas schools are not an issue, just bringing parts of the old Southwest conference back together. I just think the conference is going to have some growing pains that will lead to more breakups. I get why BYU wants to be in a conference, but there are no easy flights from UT to West Virginia, as one example, then Cincy and Central Florida, the sun will appeal to many in Fl, not sure about Cincy, there will be complaints many teams about having to go out to UTAH, plus they have the no games on Sunday rules in basketball. It's nice to have a diverse conference, but sometimes diverse is a nice name for dysfunctional.
The Big 10 pulled it off with Rutgers and Maryland, and since in most cases they have been easy wins it has worked out OK. Maryland negotiated a special travel budget with the league of an extra 4 or 5 million a year. And Maryland and Rutgers are much closer to all the Big 10 schools than BYU is to the rest of the Big 12. The Big 12 had a panic attack and added these 4 schools, who are all doing well right now, of these 4 none were power 5 schools, it was like they threw up some board quickly to keep the house together. However I do believe in 5-10 years we will get down to 4 power conferences so one is going to go, Won't be the SEC and it probably won't be the Big 12, So either the ACC, Pac 12, or Big 12 is gone. And it all depends upon, which teams get stolen from the conferences. Lose a few more big dogs and you're gone. If the Pac 12 lost USC and Oregon to the Big 10, the pac 12 is toast, not sure the Big 12 has a big draw right now. Starting next year, I believe all the conferences will have 14 teams except the Pac 12. Also with the portal and NIL deals, some of these teams won't keep up. So while the portal and NIL is a topic, I do believe it will drive us to 4 conferences as well, makes the numbers and tv dollars easier to split. ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and right now ESPN dictates who gets what, and that will change in 2024, I hope there is more competition between the networks. 4 leagues with 16 teams each is 64 teams, right now there are 68, I guess time will tell.
Big 12 looking for new commish
The Big 10 pulled it off with Rutgers and Maryland, and since in most cases they have been easy wins it has worked out OK. Maryland negotiated a special travel budget with the league of an extra 4 or 5 million a year. And Maryland and Rutgers are much closer to all the Big 10 schools than BYU is to the rest of the Big 12. The Big 12 had a panic attack and added these 4 schools, who are all doing well right now, of these 4 none were power 5 schools, it was like they threw up some board quickly to keep the house together. However I do believe in 5-10 years we will get down to 4 power conferences so one is going to go, Won't be the SEC and it probably won't be the Big 12, So either the ACC, Pac 12, or Big 12 is gone. And it all depends upon, which teams get stolen from the conferences. Lose a few more big dogs and you're gone. If the Pac 12 lost USC and Oregon to the Big 10, the pac 12 is toast, not sure the Big 12 has a big draw right now. Starting next year, I believe all the conferences will have 14 teams except the Pac 12. Also with the portal and NIL deals, some of these teams won't keep up. So while the portal and NIL is a topic, I do believe it will drive us to 4 conferences as well, makes the numbers and tv dollars easier to split. ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and right now ESPN dictates who gets what, and that will change in 2024, I hope there is more competition between the networks. 4 leagues with 16 teams each is 64 teams, right now there are 68, I guess time will tell.
Big 12 looking for new commish