Is Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC a good thing for College Football? Texas and Oklahoma have made their first move toward leaving the Big 12. This came in the form of the programs notifying the rest of the conference that they do not intend to extend their grant of rights media agreement. The current agreement runs through June 30th, 2025.
The schools have also formally notified the SEC they are seeking “an invitation for membership” beginning on July 1st, 2025. There are a number of reasons for the move, including dwindling home attendance for Big 12 games, recruiting, federal court rulings regarding amateurism, and money.
One Power 5 athletic director told ESPN this past week, “the NCAA has essentially collapsed, and it just hasn’t been recognized yet.”
The Big 12 distributed between $37 million to $40.5 million per school to its’ members in 2020. The SEC generated about $768.9 million and distributed $45.5 million to each school in 2020. That number would likely increase with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas.
The NCAA is coming ever closer to a breaking point. This move signifies these power programs are heavily considering a potential breakaway from the league. In fact, this may have been the first move. One Power 5 athletic director told ESPN this past week, “the NCAA has essentially collapsed, and it just hasn’t been recognized yet.”
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