The AAU may not include any religious institutions, although that is probably because those universities do not tend to be top research universities. However, the AAU includes a ton of private universities.
My understanding is that it is a grant of rights and not a promise to grant rights in the future, meaning those rights no longer belong to us. Thus, it would be us or the SEC having to sue the Big 12 to get those rights back. Otherwise, the Big 12’s broadcast partners would be broadcasting our home games, even if we’re playing an SEC schedule.
My understanding is that Texas and OU forfeit two years of media rights income either way, but if they leave before the grant of rights is over, they have to try to buy those rights back from the Big 12.
One thing I have not seen many people mention is the fact that USC and UCLA are joining the Big Ten in 2024. I can see Fox wanting to have that be the biggest story for that season, thus not allowing Texas and OU to move until later.
The problem is the grant of rights. The Big 12 owns our TV rights for 2024 and do not have to sell them back to us unless they want to, and they likely do not want to unless it makes both Fox and the Big 12 money.
Obviously Mitchell is not going to be on the Texas basketball roster next year because Terry Joseph is convincing him to play in our secondary.
Can you imagine how good he would be on 50/50 jump balls?
As a reminder, this is when Wallace Hall and two of his cronies were still on the Board. My understanding is that UT agreed to drop the campus in part so the legislature would not gum up the process of replacing those regents.
UH said it was a waste of public money to put another public school in Houston because Houston already has a public school and that any money for a UT campus in Houston should just go to UH.
They can still transfer to as many schools as they want, just some restrictions on joining the football team (cash cow business/sport for any school) if they do so. I don't think it's totally unfair in the age of school provided stipend and NIL, none of which the non athlete student gets.
The entire point of NIL vs just paying the players is that all non-athlete students can get NIL money. As for the academic stipends above scholarships, lots of schools offer those to non-athlete students based on academic merit and/or need.
However you feel about unlimited transfers, I am not sure what it has to do with the term "student athletes." I'm pretty sure other students are allowed to transfer schools as many times as they want.