Joe Castiglione and Chris Del Conte peered into the future and realized that soon, very soon, the bills would come due.Now, the respective athletic directors at Oklahoma and Texas are in a conference with the wherewithal to pay those bills.
“So many things out of COVID were bad,” Del Conte said on “The Paul Finebaum Show.” “One of the greatest things that happened out of it was just the time to look at the landscape of our industry — and look where we are going: Name, Image and Likeness, the Alston case, the cost of attendance — and we knew there was a moment in time that we had to do what is right for Texas and OU.
One need look no further than the latest conference revenue data published by USA Today for hard clarity on leaving the Big 12 for the SEC., the Big 12 reported total revenue of $510.7 million for fiscal year 2022-23, while the SEC reported $852.6 million. Del Conte also pitched to Finebaum the majesty and passion of the annual OU-Texas football game at the Cotton Bowl near downtown Dallas.