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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Expediency.
If you can pay $5 million after a protracted argument, probably the initiation of litigation and a very public campaign from both sides to discredit the other OR you can pay $10 million to just wash your hands and move on to bigger and better things - you go with the latter.
I'm still not sure they'll have to, but if they do I'd imagine that will be the reason why. Rather than take shots from the conference for a year, they'll just go to a booster, get their scratch and move along.
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Shouldn't be a problem for the Big 12 to easily show that the actions of the departing schools was intentionally meant to damage the conference.
Especially in the case of Missouri where the public statements for desiring a move to the BIG can easily be presented as a harmful act towards a conference that had done nothing but help them progress as an athletic and academic entity.
If Missouri settles quickly we'll know this is the truth.
The Big 12 can then wash their hands of underperforming institutions and progress towards building a conference that contains loyal and honest parties.
Everyone wants Missouri gone but they should be held accountable for their actions over the past two years financially. That's a no brainer.