May 2010, Cover Stories
The Price of Departing Conferences
While all of the talk has revolved around expansion there is a process that must be followed for teams to leave their current conference. The Big 12 requires teams to provide two years notice and to forfeit half of its conference revenue during that time period.
Based on 2007-08 figures, Nebraska received $9.1 million from the Big 12, so in the event it leaves the conference Nebraska would lose half of that each of the final two years it's in the Big 12. To read more, click here.



