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The Wichita Eagle: Big 12 makes bold move, targets college outsider Brett Yormark for new commissioner

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Big 12 makes bold move, targets college outsider Brett Yormark for new commissioner​

Kellis Robinett, The Wichita Eagle

The Big 12 is ready for new blood.

It appears the conference is hungry for new ideas, new aspirations and a completely new mindset, too. The Big 12 seems eager to start acting differently from the top down. The bolder the better.

That is how things look from the outside as the league is reportedly finalizing a deal with Brett Yormark to take over as commissioner after Bob Bowlsby settles into retirement later this summer. Who is Yormark? That is a question many who follow college sports will need to type into search engines today. He is not a sitting athletic director or someone with deep ties to the conference like Oliver Luck.

The Big 12 stunningly decided to think outside the box with this hire.

Read more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...brett-yormark-for-new-commissioner/ar-AAYYLmW
 

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What I like about this move is Yormack should be open to new ideas, and not trying to hold onto the past, which an old guard Big 12 connected guy would be susceptible to doing. Hang on to your butts, we may be in for a wild ride the next few years.
 
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