A few points...
The B12 is gonna take some hits, regardless of what transpires.
1 - They need to stay calm and stay together (the remaining 8). Bring in either 2 (UH/SMU) or 4 new schools (texas, western US, or AAC),
under the B12 Banner. Rake in the penalty payments from OU/UT...$76-80M from each school. Will help weather the loss of TV revenues:
$9-10M for 2 years or $5M for 4 years.
2 - No other P5 is in any hurry to go to 16 teams. ACC has 15, B1G & PAC have 14. There is no rush to dilute their overall revenues
by adding more teams. Contracts renew in 2024 & 2025. None of the remaining B12 teams "move the needle" for Football.
KU is the worst footballer of the group - No gain in adding them (no one is gonna pay KU $50Mill just for hoops?) leave them in the B12
with their $5-14M/year.
3 - League will fall to G5 status without any top football schools. B12=AAC2. They are gonna take prestige and money hits. Baylor is the top
remaining performer at #30 top sports u overall. TV revenues should drop to AAC levels - to $5-14M/year (football & basketball)
losing 60-80% of current tv revenues. Current revs are $35M/yr. Football drives 80% of revenues-hoops 20%. No major football teams,
no major money.
The Athletic: Article -
https://theathletic.com/2726815/2021/07 ... directed=1This article states that Mike Aresco and the AAC should (and Will) attempt to raid the B12 for 5 teams, to get to 16. (rather than the other way around) Aresco is demanding a seat
at the Bigboy table and thinks in adding some B12 leftovers, he can make the case for the AAC.