The American Athletic Conference announced an agreement Friday with Cincinnati, Houston and UCF that paves the way for the schools to join the Big 12 in 2023....
The color guard stands on the Big 12 logo for the playing of the national anthem at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Saturday, September 4, 2021. The Texas Longhorns, who are moving to the SEC, were facing the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns in the season-opener.The American Athletic Conference announced an agreement Friday with Cincinnati, Houston and UCF that paves the way for the schools to join the Big 12 in 2023.
The three schools announced in September they had accepted invitations to join the Big 12, which moved quickly to a rebuild its membership after Texas and Oklahoma revealed they planned to join the Southeastern Conference in 2025.The American requires its members give more than two years’ notice before they can leave the conference, plus a $10 million exit fee. The AAC said Each departing school agreed to pay the AAC $18 million, a source told The Dallas Morning News.
Source confirms UCF, Houston and Cincinnati will pay the American Athletic Conference $18 million over 14 years to depart the conference on July 1, 2023.
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