Their financial situation minus the Texas/OU settlement is still very good considering that they lost their marquee teams. The difference is, they did get to negotiate a new TV deal at the current market value and got to again split their media rights amongst multiple outlets, increasing the value of their rights deal, in-line with current schools and the current market. Not only that, but they will get to do it at least once more before the ACC deal is up. While the ACC/ESPN deal has “look-ins” those are still exclusive to ESPN who doesn’t have to compete against anyone while evaluating those look-ins. The Big-12 also handled football and basketball separately in those dealings, getting a better overall deal for basketball as those rights were further split between ESPN and Fox even more than the last contract. The Big-12 did very well with what they had and while we can get into a pissing match over who makes the 3rd most money… the fact that they are even close without Texas and Oklahoma is a testament to the Big-12 and the deal they put together. Meanwhile, while they are negotiating another TV contract in a few years along with the BIG and SEC, all who will have negotiated 2 new deals before ours are up again, the ACC’s gap will only grow larger. ** Edited by JLM-Hokie at 5/30/2023, 10:13:22 AM