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FILE â In this Sept. 15, 2018, file photo, the Big 12 conference logo is seen on a pylon during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Texas and USC in Austin, Texas. Texas and Oklahoma made a request Tuesday, July 27, 2021, to join the Southeastern Conference â in 2025 â- with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying the league would consider it in the ânear future.â
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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey speaks to reporters during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days on July 19 in Hoover, Ala.
PHOTO BY Butch Dill
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, center, speaks during NCAA college football Big 12 media days Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Arlington, Texas.
SEC invites Oklahoma and Texas to join conference â in 2025
By Ralph D. Russo article
Southeastern Conference university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank.
But how soon?
The latest step in a move that has potential to help reshape college sports came two days after Texas and Oklahoma requested to join the SEC in 2025. That’s when the schools’ media rights agreement with the Big 12 expires.
The SEC said its leaders voted unanimously to extend invitations to the Longhorns and Sooners and bring them into the conference effective July 1, 2025. Texas A&M at first bristled about letting its old Big 12 and Southwest Conference rivals from Austin, Texas, into the SEC, but the Aggies ended up falling in line.
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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey cleared the way for Oklahoma and Texas to join the conference Thursday after a unanimous vote by the league’s presidents.
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SEC university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank.
The latest step in a move that has potential to help reshape college sports came two days after Texas and Oklahoma requested to join the SEC in 2025. That s when the schools media rights agreement with the Big 12 expires.
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The latest twist in the ongoing conference realignment saga for Division I NCAA football is something that can be said was unforeseen .
Wednesday afternoon, Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told multiple media outlets that the Big 12 sent a Cease & Desist to ESPN concerning their conduct in this latest round of conference realignment.
Bowlsby said that ESPN has committed tortious interference against the Big 12 Conference and is working in concert with another FBS conference to cause the demise of the Big 12. CBS Sports later reported that the American Athletic Conference (AAC) is who Bowlsby is referring to. The AAC attempted to entice three to five schools to leave the Big 12, according to CBS Sports.