Long story short, a tweet went out that UConn was in discussion with the Big12 and that a vote for an invitation was "imminent". Then last Monday there was a presentation given to the Big12 on the merits of UConn joining. One of the Big12's partners, Endeavor, was supportive of the move the invite UConn, however the nature of the invite remains muddled. At the crux UConn seemed poised to join for most sports in 2 years while football would be given an extended probationary (my interpretation, other word was "runway") to improve their fiscal and structural issues such that full membership may be possible by 2031 when the next media contract would be negotiated. ESPN was purported to add money so that UConn joining would be "revenue neutral", however Fox was not supportive of this as the invite would take UConn away from the Big East with whom Fox just recently negotiated a new media deal. During that presentation on Monday, there was an unofficial vote with 6 in favor and 2 against UConn joining; had the vote been 8 in favor, it likely would have gone to an all member vote wherein a 3/4 majority, meaning 12 yes votes out of 16 members, would secure an invite. However, nothing has been concretely decided, and the negotiations have become muted to the extent that membership might not be voted upon this year but perhaps next year (no guarantee though). So we begin September the way we began August: as an independent in football while most other sports are in the Big East. Back to the tweat leak, it was ill timed and misinformed with imminent, with some of the BYers thinking that it was meant to rile the fanbase so that the Big East enthusiasts would rally and shoot down the Big12 invite, which to some degree did occur by both fans and CT politician(s).