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Message: [QUOTE="DCUconnfan, post: 4023092, member: 3731"] They are a minority stake in the B12 vs. ESPN, who is driving the bus ( [URL='https://big12sports.com/news/2012/9/7/205680799']Big 12 Announces New Media Rights Deal With ESPN & FOX Sports Media Group[/URL] ) . With that being said, I wonder if they are on the side of protecting the product and standing behind Bowlsby silently as he confronts ESPN on the legal side of things. One other interesting piece to this puzzle which I have missed entirely, which has probably been mentioned in this thread is that both Fox & ESPN rejected early negotiations back in May on the upcoming contract lapse in a few years: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2021/05/25/espn-fox-decline-early-tv-negotiations-with-big-12-conference/[/URL] ESPN/Texas/OK absolutely had to know at that stage they were jettisoning themselves, so I wonder if they clued Fox in at that time or pulled the rug out from them as well. [/QUOTE]