More Big 12 (the Best Baylor Can Hope For)

The following is the very best Baylor and the other schools left in the Big 12 can hope for:

A&M, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State all leave. The remaining schools should get as much money from the departing schools as possible. This should be in the range of 50 to 150 million dollars. This money should be split among the five remaining schools. This money could be used to pay (hopefully), the financial obligations the remaining schools have.

The Big 12 should try to position itself as the 5th best conference behind the SEC, Big 10, Pac 16, and the ACC. It should add a conference TV network. It should be renamed. And it should attempt to get to 16 schools.

Top choices include:

Cincinnati
Louisville
Houston
Memphis
TCU

Other choices include:

Air Force
Colorado State
New Mexico
North Texas
Rice
SMU
Tulsa
UA-Little Rock
UL-Lafayette
UL-Monroe
UTEP

The Big 12 should go to the unequal revenue sharing model described in a previous post.

A Big 12 with 16 schools, including the 5 remaining schools and the 5 top choices above should be able to pull in a reasonable TV contract.

This outcome is really the best Baylor can hope for.