Neinas rescued sinking Big 12

Harry · June 1, 2012

I realize this article is more topical to the Big 12 but, I do think that North Texas owes a debt of gratitude to Neinas for the consulting work he did for us and the support he provided behind the scenes.

http://www.foxsportskansascity.com/05/31/12/Soon-to-depart-Neinas-rescued-sinking-Bi/landing_big12.html?blockID=739032&feedID=5118

The Fake Lonnie Finch · June 1, 2012

It's little too soon for this type of article. He put a band aid on the wound. OU and Texas still get more share than the other schools, so he did nothing to change that.

Texas will still jump when they want to jump. Ditto Oklahoma...and, denying that they are clinging to Texas' tail all the way.

The Big 12 being alive has nothing to do with Neinas. It's solely a function of the Pac-12 telling Texas no dice on their own network if they switched conferences (the Big Ten negged Texas for the same reason).

And, on that day, Oklahoma learned how little use the Pac-12 had for them without Texas in the package...and, on down the line to hangers on Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.

Texas A&M, win or lose on the field of play, will get a bigger payday in the SEC.

Mizzou is the biggest winner of all. Decent occassionally in football, and more known for basketball, they got a miracle invite into the SEC, giving them more money and exposure than they could have ever dreamed of in the Big 12.

A&M hosts Florida in September and LSU in October. They'll go to Auburn and Bama. Those are all potential national, and at minimum regional, pickups. That'd double what they'd have in the Big 12. Beyond OU and Texas, there is nothing worth watching in the Big 12 from a national TV audience standpoint.

Mizzou really hit the jackpot. Home games with Georgia and Alabama, roadies with Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. That's a ridiculously mammoth increase in exposure for Mizzou, who never in their Big 12 days had OU and Texas scheduled in the same season.

If there was ever an absolute dumb luck winner in all the conference restructuring, it's Mizzou. They went overnight from getting a smaller share in the Big 12 to an bigger equal share in the SEC, plus better exposure. It's crazy what's happened to Mizzou.

It doesn't matter who the commissioner of the Big 12 is. The Big 12 is only the Big 12 as long as Texas gets to call the shots, and they can keep getting OU to believe they are co-equals in taking more share than the other eight chumps they have clinging to their respective coattails. Texas will dump OU in a New York minute if the can as well.

The potential biggest fool in all of it could be OU, who had first shot at Mizzou's slot in the SEC. If Texas bolts on them, they are stuck with what is basically a garbage conference. And, what a day that would be...OU left at the alter after sucking up to Texas in an effort to get into the Pac-12, then passing on the SEC for "equal" lording over of the Big 12.

Edited June 1, 2012 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

greenminer · June 1, 2012

Let's just whip them all on the field and make Banowsky look like a genius.

GL2Greatness · June 1, 2012

It's little too soon for this type of article. He put a band aid on the wound. OU and Texas still get more share than the other schools, so he did nothing to change that.

Texas will still jump when they want to jump. Ditto Oklahoma...and, denying that they are clinging to Texas' tail all the way.

The Big 12 being alive has nothing to do with Neinas. It's solely a function of the Pac-12 telling Texas no dice on their own network if they switched conferences (the Big Ten negged Texas for the same reason).

And, on that day, Oklahoma learned how little use the Pac-12 had for them without Texas in the package...and, on down the line to hangers on Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.

Texas A&M, win or lose on the field of play, will get a bigger payday in the SEC.

Mizzou is the biggest winner of all. Decent occassionally in football, and more known for basketball, they got a miracle invite into the SEC, giving them more money and exposure than they could have ever dreamed of in the Big 12.

A&M hosts Florida in September and LSU in October. They'll go to Auburn and Bama. Those are all potential national, and at minimum regional, pickups. That'd double what they'd have in the Big 12. Beyond OU and Texas, there is nothing worth watching in the Big 12 from a national TV audience standpoint.

Mizzou really hit the jackpot. Home games with Georgia and Alabama, roadies with Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. That's a ridiculously mammoth increase in exposure for Mizzou, who never in their Big 12 days had OU and Texas scheduled in the same season.

If there was ever an absolute dumb luck winner in all the conference restructuring, it's Mizzou. They went overnight from getting a smaller share in the Big 12 to an bigger equal share in the SEC, plus better exposure. It's crazy what's happened to Mizzou.

It doesn't matter who the commissioner of the Big 12 is. The Big 12 is only the Big 12 as long as Texas gets to call the shots, and they can keep getting OU to believe they are co-equals in taking more share than the other eight chumps they have clinging to their respective coattails. Texas will dump OU in a New York minute if the can as well.

The potential biggest fool in all of it could be OU, who had first shot at Mizzou's slot in the SEC. If Texas bolts on them, they are stuck with what is basically a garbage conference. And, what a day that would be...OU left at the alter after sucking up to Texas in an effort to get into the Pac-12, then passing on the SEC for "equal" lording over of the Big 12.

pipe dream of false reality

1. the Big 12 has equal revenue sharing

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205307786

2. the teams in the Big 12 declined to go to the PAC because they stand to make more money in the Big 12 and have better TV schedules and game times and the potential for being on TV more often

3. Mizzu gets more cash, but they will not make the cut in the SEC and their Texas recruiting will fall off the map just like it did for Arkansas and Nebraska

4. the Big 12 teams are locked in for the next 6 years and possibly 13 years if they negotiate a new TV deal

5. OU is not one of the top ten athletics revenue teams by following Texas around and OU has had more success throughout the years than Texas and they take a back seat to no one (and I hate even having to say that)

6. in 07-08 Mizzu was #6 in Big 12 revenue sharing

in 08-09 they were #4

in 09-10 Mizzu was #5 and Kansas was #1

7. you can blame UT all you wish for the LHN, but it was actually Nebraska that was on track to get their network up and running and Nebraska that was just as if not more vocal about uneven revenue

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100830/BIGRED/708309872#the-big-ten-decision

LongJim · June 1, 2012

Neinas did a good job.

Regarding other schools and their success relative to others--It's always easiest to just bitch about what others have and whine about what you don't. Takes less effort, and makes a convenient excuse for lack of the same.

Or even better, just make sh1t up and pass it off as truth, or continue rehashing the same old half-truths or outright lies, rather than just getting your own act together and going on with your bad self.