I hadn't seen this here. It's from an Iowa paper and outlines that the Big Ten has a 7 year buy in to get full share, and that they will only pay new members what they project those new members to have received from their current conference for 6 years when they join. Maryland makes more than Nebraska and Rutgers. The difference with Rutgers is dramatic.

It also says that Maryland took out an $11 million loan from the Big Ten that Maryland has to pay back after 6 years. I had not seen that reported anywhere before.

To me that says that you can go to the B1G, but you'll be an outsider big time for 6 years before they'll accept you. Meanwhile the rest of those blue blood B1G members will enrich ourselves off the leverage of your market while you wait. I like the ACC's way a lot better myself. Go ahead an assimilate the new members fairly.

The PAC12 did something like this too with Utah and Colorado. I think that the SEC is more equitable like the ACC.