i suspect this is just a stopgap for a year or two.
Agreed.
This is far from over.
No big 12 title games will mean less money.
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No conference title games made the Pac 10 and Big 10 lesser conferences.
Except that the package as it is means a BUTTLOAD more money than they had with the big 12 title game. So less is more.
From what I've heard, it hasn't been that profitable and, besides, the championship game has screwed up some BCS berths in the past for the Big 12, so you have one less hurdle to a Big 12 team making the title game and getting the money that goes along with it.