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Originally Posted by NWTF
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As a fan, I want them to expand. But as a school, you will likely earn LESS with any team you can bring to the conference. Bringing in even BYU and Cincy would dilute the per team revenue, even if marginally.
Now, if you could get say Arizona State and Arizona then that probably isn't the case. I really think those two schools are players in the next realignment for the Big 12 to possibly poach. Big 12 schools make waaay more than Pac 12 schools. Central time zone is a benefit to TV revenue.
Of course when everyone goes to ROKU or Chromecast etc and games are being cast on social media then teams like Rutgers in the Big 10 and some Florida team in the ACC don't really add much value. I would think at that point realignment becomes pretty meaningless because it would be easier for a given school to profit off of their own brand. While profiting off of their own brand is good for the school, it is damaging to the ecology of big boy televised college sports in general. Going the way of Big 12 Tier 3 revenue for all schools and having your own online channel is making it more of a niche thing.