draft off

“In a way, you almost draft off of that. You’re like, ‘Oh, Mike White saw in Theo this amazing thing.

Either way, Kliavkoff’s strategy was to draft off the Big Ten’s negotiated figure of more than $60 million per school per year.

This allowed the Huskies to simultaneously draft off the leader and smother outside advances.

But Oklahoma officials now see a chance to draft off that boom, selling their state as a place that is just as business-friendly, at a more affordable entry point.

The Pac-12 could keep pushing, it could keep attempting to draft off the Big Ten’s deal, but the Big 12’s valuation is the reality.