Senior Big 12 officials visited Provo for the first time since conference expansion.
Brigham Young University athletic director Tom Holmoe, right, is joined remotely by Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, right for the announcement of BYU's acceptance into the Big 12 conference at a press conference in Provo, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.The Big 12 Conference is in transition as it prepares for the arrival of four new member schools, including BYU.
Bowlsby sees the conference breaking into divisions in football to deal with the large number of schools. At the Big 12 meetings in Las Vegas last month, conference officials discussed the possibility of two, seven-team divisions. The winner of each division would then play each other for the conference title at the end of the regular season.
“I think the quality of our conference is good enough [to play nine games],” Bowlsby said. “That’s a valuable thing for us. You want to minimize the number of no plays you have.”Going to court over Texas and Oklahoma? Bowlsby is expecting both institutions to stay through 2025. He pointed to the media rights contract — that Texas and Oklahoma signed — which runs through the 2025 season.
Bowlsby mentioned the court system as a potential remedy if either school tries to leave before 2025. The media rights contract is centered around the federal copyright law. So, a breach in contract could be heard in federal court.The media contract with Fox and ESPN runs through the 2024-25 season for the Big 12. This summer, the conference will start planning ahead to see where it will lend its media rights in the future.
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