NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – The College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas at Austin say they’re attempting to go away the Massive 12 Convention.
Final week, rumors started swirling that the College of Oklahoma and College of Texas had been choices to hitch the highly effective Southeastern Convention.
After listening to of the reviews, the College of Oklahoma launched a press release saying, “The faculty athletics panorama is shifting consistently. We don’t deal with each nameless rumor.”
On Sunday, the Massive 12 Convention’s Government Committee met with Oklahoma officers concerning the college’s future.
“The assembly was cordial, and the Government Committee expressed a willingness to debate proposals that might strengthen the Convention and be mutually useful to OU and UT, in addition to the opposite member establishments of the Convention,” Commissioner Bob Bowlsby acknowledged. “I count on that we are going to proceed our conversations within the days forward and we stay up for discussing ideas, concepts and ideas which may be of shared curiosity and affect.”
On Monday, the College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas at Austin launched a joint assertion concerning media rights and the Massive 12 Convention.
“The College of Oklahoma and The College of Texas at Austin notified the Massive 12 Athletic Convention at the moment that they won’t be renewing their grants of media rights following expiration in 2025. Offering discover to the Massive 12 at this level is necessary prematurely of the expiration of the convention’s present media rights settlement. The colleges intend to honor their present grant of rights agreements. Nonetheless, each universities will proceed to watch the quickly evolving collegiate athletics panorama as they contemplate how finest to place their athletics packages for the long run.”
JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AND UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Now, the schools are formally asking to hitch the SEC.
On Tuesday, the College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas at Austin formally requested invites to hitch the Southeastern Convention, starting July 1, 2025.
“We imagine that there can be mutual profit to the Universities on the one hand, and the SEC however, for the Universities to grow to be members of the SEC,” the formal request learn.
The request, which was made by OU President Joseph Harroz, Jr. and Texas President Jay Hartzell was despatched to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
In a press release, the schools say they “stay up for the prospect of discussions concerning the matter.”
Commissioner Sankey launched a press release on Twitter, saying the convention will contemplate the request.
“The College of Oklahoma and the College of Texas, two esteemed educational establishments with storied athletics packages, at the moment submitted formal requests for invites to grow to be members of the Southeastern Convention in 2025. Whereas the SEC has not proactively sought new members, we’ll pursue vital change when there’s a clear consensus amongst our members that such actions will additional enrich the experiences of our student-athletes and result in higher educational and athletic achievement throughout our campuses. The Presidents and Chancellors of the SEC, of their capability because the convention’s Chief Government Officers, will contemplate these requests within the close to future. Per the Bylaws of the SEC, a vote of not less than three-fourths of the SEC’s 14 members is required to increase an invite for membership.”
