Over the past few months, there has been much speculation as to what the landscape of the NCAA conferences will look like come September when basketball and football seasons begin. Fans betting on the situation, felt safe placing bets online towards the Texas being the key piece to the NCAA conference expansion puzzle. However, many fans and experts felt that with the potential for larger television deals and dream matches, Texas would automatically leave the Big 12 and move to the Pac 10.

However on Monday, fans betting on the Longhorns to stay in the Big 12 became a whole lot richer, as the Longhorns decided to stay, pushing aside the conference’s historic collapse at least for another year. Over the next two years, fellow Big 12 members Nebraska and Colorado will be leaving for the Big 10 and Pac 10 respectively. Many believed that if Texas had left, they too would have joined the Pac 10 and the other schools in Texas, Texas Tech and Texas A&M along with Oklahoma and Oklahoma state would have followed Texas.

One of the main Northbet draws to forming the super-conferences was the idea that more revenue through television deals would come about. Yet the reason Texas pulled out of joining the Pac 10 was because the national television deal was not entirely guaranteed. In the Big 12 on the contrary, Texas has the biggest cut of the television revenue, and if they had left, they would have lost significantly more than they would have gained.

Although Texas claims to be with the Big 12 for a long term commitment, one cannot help but speculate, how long the Big 12 conference has left as a result of Nebraska and Colorado leaving. What is better for Texas may not be better for the remaining Big 12 schools. As a result, fans and experts each can hope that the idea of super-conferences will come to fruition in the near future.