This article feels like one of the first admissions from ESPN that the Big 12 will continue as a Power 5 for the foreseeable future.
And here is another article about the ACC; it mentions the alliance between the ACC, BIG 10, & PAC 12, which will impact the Big 12. If they give their word to not make realignment moves with any other school, anywhere, that will be something.
I get it that many of you are clamoring for a move to the Big 10 but with so much uncertainty, this "stalemate" is good for now. And this does not include the upcoming TV negotiations for the Big 10, Pac 12, and Big 12 in consecutive years, the NCAA March Madness contract which expires in 2032.
And here is another article about the ACC; it mentions the alliance between the ACC, BIG 10, & PAC 12, which will impact the Big 12. If they give their word to not make realignment moves with any other school, anywhere, that will be something.
I get it that many of you are clamoring for a move to the Big 10 but with so much uncertainty, this "stalemate" is good for now. And this does not include the upcoming TV negotiations for the Big 10, Pac 12, and Big 12 in consecutive years, the NCAA March Madness contract which expires in 2032.