Welcome to the Big XII

[Lobot]

Membership has been extended to UC by the BIg XII. Formal acceptance and a press conference are scheduled for 3:30 today.

[D.A.H.]

good for the B12 -UT can stuff it

[Lobot]

The Big 12 Conference has added three affiliate members in beach volleyball for the 2025-26 academic year. Boise State, Florida State and South Carolina will join Arizona, Arizona State and TCU in the Conference’s beach volleyball league.

https://big12sports.com/news/2025/9/...-carolina.aspx

Notably, Texas asked to join for this sport and the Big XII told them to jump off a cliff.

[GoBearcats31]

The Big 12 Conference has added three affiliate members in beach volleyball for the 2025-26 academic year. Boise State, Florida State and South Carolina will join Arizona, Arizona State and TCU in the Conference’s beach volleyball league.

https://big12sports.com/news/2025/9/...-carolina.aspx

[GoBearcats31]

Hello July 1. Hello Big12.

Happy 2 year anniversary -- hopefully an NCAA Tournament and bowl bid on the horizon in the 2025-26 academic year.

[Lobot]

He certainly has performed better than George Kliavkoff.

Low bar there

[bearcatbret]

3 year contract extension for Commissioner Yormark
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...mark-extension

He certainly has performed better than George Kliavkoff.

[GoBearcats31]

3 year contract extension for Commissioner Yormark
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...mark-extension

[Lobot]

It was the result of a settlement of a lawsuit that ESPN filed against the NBA, claiming that they had rights to match any offers made by other networks for live NBA games. In the settlement, TNT will get the 25 B12 games. ESPN, rather than getting live NBA games, accepted the NBA round table discussion show.

Weird, you'd think Yormark would have a say in that mess but I guess not.

[swilsonsp4]

OK, some news here per the Athletic. Apparently these broadcast rights got TRADED by ESPN to TNT/TBS for Inside the NBA with Ernie, Chuck, Kenny and Shaq. I have never seen anything like that.

It was the result of a settlement of a lawsuit that ESPN filed against the NBA, claiming that they had rights to match any offers made by other networks for live NBA games. In the settlement, TNT will get the 25 B12 games. ESPN, rather than getting live NBA games, accepted the NBA round table discussion show.

[Lobot]

This covers only 25 games (12 football & 13 basketball), but it moves games that would've been on ESPN+ to linear sources. Also, once again, Brett Yormark cut the legs out of the competition by blocking other conferences from availing themselves of 25 slots. The deal lasts six years, aligning with the end of the B12 media contracts.

OK, some news here per the Athletic. Apparently these broadcast rights got TRADED by ESPN to TNT/TBS for Inside the NBA with Ernie, Chuck, Kenny and Shaq. I have never seen anything like that.

[Lobot]

Do you all think we need a broadcast partner thread? It's getting weird.

[swilsonsp4]

The broadcast rights mess just got more insane than before. Add TBS and TNT to the broadcast partners.

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-foot...135956401.html

This covers only 25 games (12 football & 13 basketball), but it moves games that would've been on ESPN+ to linear sources. Also, once again, Brett Yormark cut the legs out of the competition by blocking other conferences from availing themselves of 25 slots. The deal lasts six years, aligning with the end of the B12 media contracts.

[Lobot]

The broadcast rights mess just got more insane than before. Add TBS and TNT to the broadcast partners.

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-foot...135956401.html

[Lobot]

Didn't see this coming

https://www.paramountpressexpress.co...sketball-games