I’ve always thought that it wasn’t so much that OUT left that was the problem, culturally speaking. I think the problem was that the rest of the B12 was in cruise control knowing they were in a a conference with two blue bloods.

The nuB12 could handle UO and UW planning an exit, they just shouldn’t panic about it. Hold them to the same rules as everyone else, don’t give them outsized influence, and in a few years run projections on the next media deal without them. If they only stick around for one media deal, then so be it, but no reduced exit fees or letting them not sign a normal GoR or anything else weird. If they’re available it’s because the B1G doesn’t want them, same as everybody else. If that changes, then it changes LATER.