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Big XII (official thread of whining, and homely herpes-having’ hos)

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I'm sure "theyre just butthurt" is going to be the popular take with a good chunk of the crowd.

The Mouse using college football as their own personal sand box should be a problem with anyone who is a fan of college football though, even more so when it involved potentially shady behind the back dealings like this.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
I'm sure "theyre just butthurt" is going to be the popular take with a good chunk of the crowd.

The Mouse using college football as their own personal sand box should be a problem with anyone who is a fan of college football though, even more so when it involved potentially shady behind the back dealings like this.
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Yeah. If true, ESPN trying to influence a school to leave the Big 12 is a huge overreach and highly inappropriate. But I'm sure there is no real legal damage if the school doesn't actually leave. ESPN trying to pry TCU to join the AAC is not worth suing over if they don't jump ship. What the Big 12 should be focusing on is if ESPN pushed for UT and OU to leave for the SEC - now that could be a legitimate lawsuit.
 
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Not to be lost in this, the Big XII wanted to negotiate an extension of their media rights this spring. ESPN and FOX declined.

https://www.heartlandcollegesports....early-tv-negotiations-with-big-12-conference/
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With 4 years left on their current contract, the networks would be stupid to do that...:roll1:

Big 12 alleges ESPN trying to 'destabilize' league; network says claims 'have no merit'

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of encouraging other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference more quickly and without paying a massive buyout.

"I have absolute certainty that they (ESPN) have been involved in manipulating other conferences to go after our members," Big 12 Commissioner Bowlsby told The Associated Press on Wednesday after sending a cease-and-desist letter to the network.

The letter addressed to ESPN executive Burke Magnus, president of programming and content, said the Big 12 had become aware the network had taken actions "to not only harm the Big 12 Conference but to result in financial benefits for ESPN."

ESPN, which owns the SEC Network, signed a $3 billion deal with the Southeastern Conference last year that will give the network the broadcast rights to all SEC sports starting in 2024.

The network also has a rights deal with the Big 12, though it shares those rights with Fox. Those deals expire in 2025.

The Big 12 demanded the network stop "all actions that may harm the Conference and its members and that it not communicate with the Big 12 Conference's existing Members or any other NCAA Conference regarding the Big 12 Conference's Members, possible conference realignment or potential financial incentives or outcomes related to possible conference realignment."

ESPN responded in a one-sentence statement: "The claims in the letter have no merit."

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...stabilize-league-network-says-claims-no-merit
 
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Here's the Big XII in 2025:

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I would be surprised if the Big XII members join the AAC. I would expect that the Big XII will actually be poaching schools from the AAC. Maybe Bowlsby is making this up to justify "striking back" and taking AAC schools.
 
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