After eventful two months, Big 12 ready to move forward
…ix years, a move that is the norm in conferences such as the Big 10 and Pac-12. A long-term pledge of that sort is generally considered an effective means of preserving a conference, since it restricts the financial benefit of teams changing conferences. (If a member left one conference for another, the new conference would not have television rights for that school until its original conference rights expired.) Sunday night, the Southeastern Conf…