After months of complicated negotiations mixed with several speed bumps, Texas and Oklahoma finally have an early arrival date in the SEC for 2024. The Big 12...
The move had been on hold until 2025 because of complicated negotiations between the Longhorns and Sooners, the conferences, and TV networks ESPN and Fox.
Texas and Oklahoma had confirmed their exit from their longtime home in July 2021, but the move to SEC was on hold until July 1, 2025, because of the grant of rights agreement between the two schools and the Big 12. said Thursday in a prepared statement. “By reaching this agreement, we are now able to accelerate our new beginning as a 12-team league and move forward in earnest with our initiatives and future planning.”While rumors had circulated for more than a year about an early departure for Texas and OU, the speculation was tempered because of all the moving parts – a couple of blueblood football schools, two power conferences and two sports media powerhouses, ESPN and Fox, with conflicting agendas.
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