Big 12 Send Cease and Desist to ESPN

[Hestia_Abnegation11]

 

[xboxfever]

3-5 teams. So that leaves 3 schools out. Do they know something? KU and ISU to the big ten and WVU to the ACC? The other 5 to the AAC and getting them in now? Wishful thinking I guess.

 

[MeanDean]

So they did. Got it.

 

[G-Rock]

3-5 teams. So that leaves 3 schools out. Do they know something? KU and ISU to the big ten and WVU to the ACC? The other 5 to the AAC and getting them in now? Wishful thinking I guess.

They only need 4 teams plus UT/OU to dissolve the conference.

 

[Gunnerclone]

So they did. Got it.

So we can sue ESPN and the AAC? Great. Probably won’t work but do it anyway.

 

[IlliniCy]

Fans outside the Big 12 are laughing at this but whatever do what you can I guess.
Does ESPN do gameday at any big 12 campuses this year? Gotta think they’d be chased out of town.

Norman or Austin, yes.

 

[Rods79]

They only need 4 teams plus UT/OU to dissolve the conference.

It’s not 8 of 10?

 

[CYaeger]

3-5 teams. So that leaves 3 schools out. Do they know something? KU and ISU to the big ten and WVU to the ACC? The other 5 to the AAC and getting them in now? Wishful thinking I guess.

I'm wondering that too. We can only hope so.

 

[mynameisjonas]

Keep giving ESPN your five dollars a month.

 

[BallSoHard4Cy]

3-5 teams. So that leaves 3 schools out. Do they know something? KU and ISU to the big ten and WVU to the ACC? The other 5 to the AAC and getting them in now? Wishful thinking I guess.

I imagine that ESPN had plans lined up to get West Virginia to the ACC (ESPN owned) with Notre Dame full time, and load the AAC (ESPN owned) up with as many former Big 12 members as they could which would 1. raise the value of the AAC overall while 2. lowering the rate for the 3-5 schools they were going to add to the AAC. This is on top of adding OU/Texas to the SEC to raise the value of their SEC deal.

Bottom line: ESPN very clearly tried to kill the Big 12 (and likely succeeded) and could be heavily punished. This is why the remaining 8 members are showing solidarity

(also, why tf would they want to go to the AAC?)

 

[Bret44]

Bob finally did something right. Go down swinging and expose some ESPN BS while we're at it.

 

[CycloneVet]

At this point, I don't think there's anyway a university could guarantee their safety.

Im also concerned for the safety of OU and Texas fans in opposing stadiums

 

[TheSammo]

Dave Bautista is in a new Disney bundle (Hulu, Disney+ & ESPN+) ad that I saw on Twitter. At one point he was talking about watching football. What's interesting is that they showed him watching it on his laptop and it consisted of two short clips of ISU.

I saw that too! And the other team the ad showed was Bama.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Im also concerned for the safety of OU and Texas fans in opposing stadiums

Simple solution: don't show up the next few years. Ordinarily I don't condone violence, and I'm not doing it here, either, but their schools made the beds that their fans will have to sleep in for as long as UT and OU remain in this conference.

 

[GBlade]

Is this why Jamie thanked Bowlsby? Is ISU the narc? I have a sinking feeling some team is going to be relegated to ESPN+ over this.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

It’s not 8 of 10?

I do not know if this is true but I have seen plenty of UT and OU fans say that while it takes 8 votes to dissolve, it only takes 6 votes to cancel the GOR and the buyouts.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

I doubt that we would have been 1 of 4 schools to go to the American honestly. They would take WVU, KU, OSU, and a school in Texas (I’ll guess Tech). TCU, Baylor, K-State, and us to the Mtn West. ESPN to the bank… if this never leaks and ultimately succeeded

 

[cyrocksmypants]

So we can sue ESPN and the AAC? Great. Probably won’t work but do it anyway.

What are we gonna get from the AAC? A pack of smokes and a Buffalo nickel?

 

[MushroomPinball]

A pack of smokes and a Buffalo nickel?

What condition is it in?

 

[conmebol]

Keep giving ESPN your five dollars a month.

I'm sure it's not going to matter, but just cancelled my annual ESPN+ subscription.