MWC Connection · Jun 4, 2016
Big 12 approves title game in 2017; not pursuing conference network
One out of three is OK for baseball, and for the Big 12 it is a grand slam because something actually got done. The conference unanimously voted on bringing back a conference title game within the 10-team league for the 2017 season.
The title game will pay the league nearly $30 million for having a conference championship game.
The other news came on the conference television network side, and that seems to be shutdown, for now.
Boren: “the boat has sailed” with regards to creating a traditional conf network. So the vote this summer will strictly be an expansion one