Big 12 Conference
Mass exodus leaves Pac-12 with four teams in college sports shake-up
The Pac-12, one of the Power Five conferences, has been left with just four teams after a series of re-alignments in college sports
Big 12 Conference forms Business Advisory Board
The Big 12 Conference has formed a Business Advisory Board to help with the collegiate conference's business strategy as it drives forward with plans for growth amid a historic level of change across all…
Big 12 secures $2.28bn rights extension with ESPN, Fox Sports
Power Five college sports entity moves quickly under Yormark to solidify its future
Big 12 hires Translation to contemporize brand
The Big 12 Conference has appointed creative agency Translation to "contemporize the brand" amid a time of seismic change in the United States collegiate athletics landscape.
Arne Rees on establishing a new sports investment entity
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Arne Rees, co-founder of the newly formed Velocity Capital Management. Fisher and Russo also discuss the $30m (€31.2m) round of funding for Athletes Unlimited, continued change and turbulence in United States college sports, the National Football League’s accelerating push for greater internationalization, collector impacts surrounding the historic home run chase of Major League Baseball superstar Aaron Judge, and heightened legal friction between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
Big 12 hires WME Sports, IMG Media to drive growth
The Big 12 Conference has appointed the Endeavor-owned WME Sports and IMG Media to drive commercial growth for the organization at a time of seismic change in the United States collegiate athletics landscape
Big 12 to explore media rights extension with Fox, ESPN
The Big 12 Conference said it will enter into accelerated discussions with current media partners Fox and ESPN about a possible extension of their rights contracts
Yormark: Big 12 Conference is ‘open for business’
New commissioner describes 'transformative moment in front of all of us today'
Pac-12 to start media rights talks amid membership speculation
Industry questions run rampant as to college conference's future status
Brad Griffith on creating new markets in ticketing through Gametime
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Brad Griffith, founder and chief executive of mobile-focused ticketing company Gametime. Fisher and Russo also discuss the dramatic move of the University of Southern California and University of California-Los Angeles to the Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference’s hire of new commissioner Brett Yormark, the completion of the revived United States Football League’s first season and new search for additional partners, an investment by US-based Sixth Street into a share of FC Barcelona’s television rights for LaLiga, developing expansion plans for the National Women’s Soccer League, and additional legal turmoil for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
Big 12 formally selects Yormark as its new commissioner
Power Five conference looks outside of college sports for its next leader
Big 12 eyes Roc Nation executive Yormark as next commissioner
The Big 12 Conference is targeting Roc Nation chief operating officer Brett Yormark to become its new commissioner, according to multiple reports
UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, and BYU to join Big 12 in 2023
Set of schools completes early-exit agreements with AAC
Big 12 Conference to distribute record revenue to its schools
Search for new commissioner to succeed Bowlsby set to be complete by July
Cincinnati, Houston, UCF negotiating early exits from AAC
Potentially forthcoming deals would hasten shifts to the Big 12 Conference
Bowlsby to step down as Big 12 commissioner
Bob Bowlsby will step down as commissioner of the Big 12 Conference later this year after a decade in charge of the Power Five entity.