What you don't (but need to) know about Big 12 conference realignment

"One industry source speculated Boren's long-term play may be to destabilize the conference enough to get Oklahoma out of the grant of rights agreement and move to another league. More on that below."

Boren wants what's best for Boren: The Oklahoma president is not a populist. He is positioning OU for the future. As mentioned earlier, he could find a workaround for that grant of rights which has bound the league together since 2010. No doubt, there would be plenty of interest in OU from the likes of the Big Ten and Pac-12.

A grant of rights means a school surrenders its primary media rights if it leaves the conference. Without saying it, Boren is saying it. OU could easily skip to another conference if it doesn't get what he wants. Some still blame him for driving Missouri to the SEC in 2011. Boren stated then Oklahoma would not be a “wallflower” in realignment.

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Posted: 02/22/2016 at 2:38PM

What you don't (but need to) know about Big 12 conference realignment -- goldendomer 02/22/2016 2:38PM

Wow. Dennis Dodd. Read your whole column and learned nothing. -- HOO86 02/22/2016 4:00PM

You missed the point. I'll say it again, Boren knows all 3 aren't possible. -- marcbvtgm 02/23/2016 9:29PM

I am not sure if anyone has asked this question or not -- VTHokie2000 02/22/2016 3:24PM

Re: I am not sure if anyone has asked this question or not -- 33laszlo99 02/23/2016 03:38AM

There seems to be some working together on things. -- chuckd4vt 02/23/2016 10:58PM

What I am suggesting is that if the power conferences -- VTHokie2000 02/23/2016 10:19AM

Re: What I am suggesting is that if the power conferences -- 33laszlo99 02/24/2016 03:54AM

The P5 and the NFL are not that much different than you may think -- VTHokie2000 02/24/2016 12:06PM

Re: What I am suggesting is that if the power conferences -- SoCloseHokie 02/24/2016 06:28AM

I think the ACC/Pac12 Network was a great concept. -- chuckd4vt 02/24/2016 2:03PM

The only issue the Pac-12 may have with that network plan -- VTHokie2000 02/25/2016 2:16PM

Well I haven't been asking it, but I've been saying it for 13 years on TSL. -- Stech 02/22/2016 10:41PM

In the Big 12, the GOR expires when the TV contract expires/changes. so -- daveinop 02/22/2016 5:46PM

You should google Chip Brown's vision. -- HOO86 02/22/2016 4:38PM

Re: You should google Chip Brown's vision. -- vtjonboy 02/23/2016 10:47AM

I was thinking the same thing as Chip Brown -- VTHokie2000 02/22/2016 9:08PM

What you don't (but need to) know about Big 12 conference realignment

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