Are you serious???????
Did you proof read what you just wrote??? You just wrote that the current Big 12 deal
expires in 2024, and they can have conversations
once the current deal expires. DAAAAAAAAAA. Look at a calendar. It's still freakin 2022. They can't negotiate with another media partner until 2024. Why??? Because they will violate their exclusivity window with FOX and ESPN. It even says in the article that the Pac 12 had to break off talks
"because the Big 12 media rights can't be negotiated until 2024, Pac-12 schools have no motivation to join the Big 12".
The Big 12 can talk all they want to another Conference or Notre Dame about future membersip or hypotheticals. But they can't legally negotiate future media rights or contracts for the Big 12 until 2024 without FOX's or ESPN's permission.
If NBC had any visions of setting up "shoulder programming" between the Big 12 and Notre Dame, this intentional leak by someone has more than likely blasted it to smithereens. Now you know why UCLA let as few people as possible know about their talks with the Big Ten. One leak could have forced their athletic department to financially go down the toilet.
After your last post, I do get the feeling this is going WAY over your head. If so, I apologize.