Brady Deaton mentioned possible name change from Big 12 to Heartland Conference. @Mizzou♦ Deaton finally says it: Mizzou waiting on OU to move (Kansas City Star)
“Surviving legally is one thing,” Deaton told The Star on Thursday evening. “Surviving as a strong, competitive conference is the key to what you’re asking.”
The pivot point could be what is decided by the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents on Monday. If Oklahoma remains, the Big 12 will aggressively move to add a school to replace Texas A&M, Deaton said. If Oklahoma decides to leave, and other schools follow, then the remaining schools may have no choice but to consider collecting punitive exit fees from the departing schools.
“Right now certainly Oklahoma is deliberating, and I feel we’ll know where they stand shortly," Deaton said.
♦ Oklahoma regents warming up the wagon for Sooners' Pac-12 escape (Rivals.Yahoo.com)
They tried to bury it, but this still being America — open meetings laws and such — if you scroll aaaaallllll the way down page 218 of the 219-page agenda for next Monday's meeting of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, it's there in plain English:
AGENDA ITEM 28
ISSUE: CONFERENCE ALIGNMENT — NC
ACTION PROPOSED:
The Board of Regents will discuss potential legal ramifications of athletic conference realignment options and/or consider new athletic conference membership and take any appropriate action. An executive session may be proposed pursuant to Section 307B.4 of the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act.
♦ Why Texas is doing the rest of the NCAA a favor with the Longhorn Network (burntorangenation.com)
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