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Big 12’s Bowlsby is ‘very bullish’ on the league’s value even after Texas, OU depart
BY DREW DAVISON
The Big 12 is losing its two flagship programs, Texas and Oklahoma, to the SEC by the summer of 2025, at the latest. That remains a stinging blow to the league and commissioner Bob Bowlsby, but it is moving forward.
The league has invited BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida as new members, although their arrival dates remain to be determined.
Bowlsby has estimated UT and OU accounted for close to half of the league’s media rights value, but expressed optimism that the reconfigured Big 12 will remain an attractive conference when it goes to the negotiating table for its next TV deal. The league’s current deal with ESPN and Fox runs through 2025.
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article255115067.html#storylink=cpy
BY DREW DAVISON
The Big 12 is losing its two flagship programs, Texas and Oklahoma, to the SEC by the summer of 2025, at the latest. That remains a stinging blow to the league and commissioner Bob Bowlsby, but it is moving forward.
The league has invited BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida as new members, although their arrival dates remain to be determined.
Bowlsby has estimated UT and OU accounted for close to half of the league’s media rights value, but expressed optimism that the reconfigured Big 12 will remain an attractive conference when it goes to the negotiating table for its next TV deal. The league’s current deal with ESPN and Fox runs through 2025.
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article255115067.html#storylink=cpy