West Virginia was ready to talk. They had a press conference set up, with everything in order. Then the Big 12 brought it to a screeching halt. The Big 12 stated that they wanted to wait for Missouri to officially leave before West Virginia could be accepted. Before, the Big 12 said they would accept West Virginia, regardless of what Missouri is doing but after some political pressure, this has been taken back. U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell lobbied for Louisville to be included in the expansion of the Big 12, instead of West Virginia. The West Virginian senators have been up in arms about this, saying that it is unethical and there should be an investigation in order to find out if anything may be going on in secret.
Some believe that the Big 12 should accept both West Virginia AND Louisville. This way, if Missouri leaves the Big 12, the conference will in fact have twelve teams, with the other addition of TCU. This athletic debate has become political, and sports issues don't work out so well when they become political, such as when SMU received the "death penalty". I hope that they will be able to come to some sort of agreement, or else this is going to be ugly.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post. Very factual. But I really don't think that Missouri is going to leave the big 12.
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