Big 12 to start media rights talks with Fox and ESPN 18 months early
This comes a year and a half ahead of the contractually-mandated window for extension talks in February 2024.
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Pac-12’s George Kliavkoff says on Big 12 “We haven’t decided if we’re going shopping there yet or not.”
"That remark was a reflection of the fact that I've been spending four weeks trying to defend against grenades lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12, trying to destabilize our remaining conference."
Big 12, Pac-12 partnership talks break down, per ESPN
"Because the Big 12 media rights can't be negotiated until 2024, Pac-12 schools have no motivation to join the Big 12."
Brett Yormark just got the Big 12 commissioner job, but ESPN headlines are already forgetting he’s there
There is no "Big 12 commissioner Greg Burks."
Oklahoma’s PPV football game is going away, part of ESPN+ striking its largest single-school deal to date with the Sooners
It looks like people won't have to buy Oklahoma Sooners football games on pay-per-view any longer, with that content instead moving to OTT monthly subscription service ESPN+.
Navigate projects SEC and Big Ten per-school payouts will be $40-50 million clear of rest of Power Five by 2026
Navigate's projections suggest the SEC and Big Ten will still be far ahead of the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 even after the next round of TV deals.
Texas Tech voice Geoff Haxton, replacing suspended crew: “Let me give you the officiating crew, just don’t get me in trouble.”
Haxton delivered a nice, subtle recognition of the suspension of his colleagues.
Big 12 blocks Texas Tech radio announcers from calling a game after they criticized on-field and conference officials
"The comments by the Red Raider Radio Network booth announcers were contrary to expected levels of respect and professionalism. Questioning the integrity of Conference officials and specifically calling out members of the officiating crew is well beyond appropriate and permissible behavior."
Here’s the Texas Tech radio call of Jonathan Garibay’s 62-yard walk-off field goal
"It is... GOOD! IT IS GOOD! IT IS GOOD! JONATHAN GARIBAY HAS WON THE GAME WITH A 62-YARD FIELD GOAL! OH MY GOD, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! WOOOOOOOOO! YEAH, BABY! OH MY! WOW! OH! WOW!"
Big 12 officially invites BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF
Is this enough to offset the loss of Oklahoma and Texas? Well, probably not, but it's probably the best they could have done.
John Skipper discussing ESPN’s possible role in Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC adds fuel to the fire of Big 12 interference accusations
"I would not assume that this is just happening, that one day the Texas and Oklahoma guys woke up, I would guess that it’s a logical sequence of events that ESPN now has all of the SEC, now they bring Texas and Oklahoma in."
Big 12 sends ESPN a cease-and-desist, says ESPN’s been talking with at least one conference beyond SEC on adding Big 12 members
"I am aware that ESPN has also been actively involved in discussions with at least one other conference regarding that conference inducing additional Members of the Big 12 Conference to leave the Big 12 Conference."
Fox Sports’ Bob Stoops writes op-ed saying it’s a “good and necessary move” for Oklahoma to leave the Big 12 for the SEC
"Let’s set the record straight: OU’s move to the SEC is what’s best for Oklahoma."
