revenue than Maryland, yet they are a reported $40M - $60M in total conference media, Bowl, and NCAA unit payouts. How can that be? If you look at the total revenue of the public schools that are required to report, you have the obvious like tOSU and Texas at the top, but they have always been there, from the beginning of time. The only thing that has really changed, is the amount of money we are talking. The rich Universities got richer, but they already out earned most, and outspent most. Texas, as an example, had a athletic budget that dwarfed everyone in the B12 except Oklahoma - and that was BEFORE the recent consolidation. really, nothing much has changed for the B12 left behinds, except the much better opportunity to win a conference championship - they were never, and will never make or spend as much as Texas. What is the goal here? A VT, even in a depleted ACC, will be able to compete at the highest levels, but with less than the blue bloods. They have done it before, they can do it again. If Cincy can make the final 4 with an AAC media contract, or a Boise State can beat an Oklahoma in a news years 6 game, do you really think that a VT, or a K-State can't moving forward?