Conference Realignment: Big 12 rejects Memphis, $200 million offer

2025 Big 12 Football Media Days | Stacy Revere/GettyImagesFollowing the Memphis Tigers, a crumbling world approaches the gates of the Big 12 Conference, and in turn, desperation for entry arises without the ranks of the power four realm. Where giant and myth alike roam the Earth, and microscopic programs inflate into supernovas. History is written behind that golden barrier, but despite this American Conference Member's plea for asylum, their barrels of monetary offerings did not impact the gatekeepers to their hopeful destination.

Memphis has taken a swing at P4 membership with a $200 million offer, but the Big 12 declined.

While the school's membership is never an impossibility, the initial…