You can tell me all these great reasons why we should join the Big Ten and I still won't buy it. You can say we have the better television markets and the better athletic facilities but I am a guy of tradition. I love having the rivalries and all of the hatred between schools. If we switch conferences, all of that will be torn away. Can you tell me you would be fine with letting the second most played games in between two teams (Mizzou and Kansas) slip away? Would you really allow us to NOT hate Kansas? Yeah we play Illinois and all but we have won so many of those lately that it isn't much of a rivalry or even competition at all. I think everyone is wanting to move because we cannot beat schools like Oklahoma and Texas, but what will happen if we cannot beat teams like Penn State, Michigan State, and Iowa? WIll you want to move conferences again?
I think we are fine where we are. The athletics of the Big 12 are growing and getting better. Therefore, the Big 12 will receive more attention and national airtime and more money. The Big Ten money distribution is between 11 teams right now so, of course, it will be better than the Big 12. However, when a twelfth team joins the Big Ten, the money distribution will be about similar to the Big 12. The exposure of the Big Ten schools is a little greater than most conferences due to their own television network, but I am willing to bet a Big 12 network is soon to grow up to that level as well. WIth great basketball teams such as Mizzou, Texas, and others in the Big 12 and great football with Texas in the national championship game, we are growing into a dominant conference. We cannot just run away from a conference we have been a part of for so long.
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