I don't think this is good. Remember when the Big 12 was still a viable conference? Outside being UT's bitch and red headed stepchild, what was aTm's biggest complaint? Money wasn't distributed evenly across the conference. UT/OU got the bulk of the money/tv deals etc. Granted those two schools toted the conference, but eventually folks will take their toys and go home.
I think 4 conferences of 16 teams and distribute that equally amongst the 4