This is the same league that came within a few minutes of implosion in 2010, after Texas A&M, Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado bolted to better conferences, and Texas and Oklahoma were ready to do likewise.
What remains is a seemingly more stable, profitable group now, considering the bar was nearly subterranean a few years ago, a group that is rewarding its members with piles of cash stacked to a height of $20-plus million per year. The problem with that is this: Other conferences — such as the SEC — are scooping out bigger piles of cash, due, at least in part, to their own TV networks.