Mizzou curators vote to explore Big 12 move

[Aughnanure]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7060457/missouri-tigers-curators-vote-consider-leaving-big-12

Same step Texas A&M took.

Also, Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton, the conference's public face through its recent turmoil, is resigning as chairman of the Big 12's board of directors to avoid the obvious conflict of interest.

[bamamarquettefan]

This is the best (of many bad) scenarios. If mizzou stayed in the big 12 it makes them stronger an the sec has to go west Virginia or take an acc team (if still possible with the 20 million buyout) so that the acc has to take another big east team.

still a tough football landscape, but if even equal revenue sharing couldn't keep mizzou then I believe beast teams have to at least think twice about a b12 invite, and if they do take smu and byu, then possibly even look at Houston and Memphis if they want 12, that works out.

The lesser of several possible evils.

Now we need to hope conferences continue to determine they don't want to share revue with extra teams to form 16-team superconferences.

[forgetful]

This is the best (of many bad) scenarios. If mizzou stayed in the big 12 it makes them stronger an the sec has to go west Virginia or take an acc team (if still possible with the 20 million buyout) so that the acc has to take another big east team.

still a tough football landscape, but if even equal revenue sharing couldn't keep mizzou then I believe beast teams have to at least think twice about a b12 invite, and if they do take smu and byu, then possibly even look at Houston and Memphis if they want 12, that works out.

The lesser of several possible evils.

Now we need to hope conferences continue to determine they don't want to share revue with extra teams to form 16-team superconferences.

A big factor in this is the fact that if the SEC adds an additional team (missouri) they can renegotiate their TV deal (signed in 2008).  They will bring in big $'s that way and would likely blow away the Pac12's deal and would be way more than any equal revenue sharing in the Big12.