Gundy Happy with Big 12 Meetings and Commissioner Brett Yormark's Support of Coaches

Greg Sankey held a pre-SEC Spring Meeting press conference on Memorial Day claiming he didn't need any advice of what was good for college football.



because he is not interested in what is good for college football, he only cares about his bank account and that of the SEC

They are not going to leave the NCAA just yet, they're first going to milk every last dollar out of the B12 and ACC, then they'll go their own way

Greg Sankey, all about show me the money! Although he did figure out that the 5/11 model probably works out best for his conference if he is looking at getting 5 even 6 SEC teams in the 16 team playoff for next year depending on how the rankings shake out at the end of the year!

Curious how long the Big Ten and SEC tolerate the Rutgers and Vanderbilts in their own conferences. Per the French experiences revolutions ultimately eat their own.

Sankey has already received guidance from the SEC Presidents (just like he did when he threatened not to settle for the existing format 2 years ago) that pushed him into a more reasonable position.

The B1G Presidents also have a much more moderate view of how the conference should move forward, and have expressed it before.

The Presidents of the bottom feeders in those conferences are in the room where decisions are made, they are not made by Sankey or Pettitie. Don't look for them to kick anyone out. Don't expect them to expand too wildly. In fact if it goes far beyond another 4 teams (B1G: ND/Miami & SEC: UNC/UVA) I'll be a shocked. They also have no interest in a Super League as that means surrendering their control of their destinies to others.

Yormark is leading well, and this is the right call. Not only is it the best football call, it's a money call. IF the B1G can get the 4 AQ passed then they are read to put a play in system in Where the 1st & 2nd place teams go to the playoff, and they make big money selling 2 games (3vs6 & 4vs5) to decide the last two. SEC would do the same, with them netting another $10M fir each team league team. And capping the Big XII/ACC at 2 means the best those two leagues could do is a 2vs3 game at something $5M or less. So again this is about them increasing their money advantage over us. Also it would set in stone that at a minimum they would each get twice the playoff money.

The ACC is still on shaky ground as the top 4 candidates all come out of that conference. It's really up to those 4, more precisely it's UNC's call. And, they seem to know they need the money. Once UNC/UVA leave that makes ND's position in the ACC very uncomfortable. Which probably gets them moving.

An outside shot could be them leading a move of top schools into the Big XII and seeking an ACC type deal. I don't think that's very likely as they feel they're too good for the Big XII. So I'd bet on them going B1G. Miami is a private school with good academics and the B1G likes them better than FSU or Clemson, and they are in FL. Also ND seems to like them as well.

If the above happens the other value schools from the ACC would then move to the Big XII and we'd all get a better payday. FSU/Clemson want to go up, but it might not happen. Depends entirely on the B1G and SEC. Academically both are reaches for the B1G. For the SEC they are redundant. So probably comes down to if FOX or ESPN is willing to bankroll those two. Or, if they would rather split the cost and send them to the Big XII. Outside of that you're looking at NCSU, VT, Pitt, Duke, Louisville, & Georgia Tech to the Big XII most likely.

All this is made possible by the ACC deal made to lower exit costs after 2028.

the B12 is on shaky ground, not the ACC, the numbers don't lie.

The SEC will do whatever Shankey says to do. They won't "kick out" anybody, but they already said they're going to 30 million ante to enter the new league they are forming.... so a few of those teams won't make it, Vandy (and even Ruitgers) will likely be able to get the funds necessary, but teams like Miss St, Kentucky, etc, will be hard pressed to come up with the needed entry fee... same with OSU. We likely don't make the cut to the super league (which was proposed by the head of the NCAA).

this stuff is coming, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Believe what you want facts rarely matter it seems.

NJAggie said:

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Believe what you want facts rarely matter it seems.

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THESE ARE THE FACTS... such as they are. Last year's contract or not, we're at least $8M/school behind the ACC, who we were all laughing at last year with their seemingly goofy long term contract.


May 30, 2025

STILLWATER Big 12 Conference commissioner, Brett Yormark, and Chairperson of the Big 12 Board of Directors, Linda Livingstone, met with the media Friday morning and announced a record-setting distribution $558 million to member schools.

That means each school will receive roughly $35 million.

That's anywhere between $2 million and $5 million less than the conference paid out last year, which was between $37.8 million and $42.1 million. But this number includes all 16 member schools as full-time payouts.

This number is significantly less compared to the Big Ten schools, who are receiving roughly $63 million and the ACC, who's set to pay out between $43 million and $46 million. The SEC has yet to announce its payout.