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Big 12 Exec Accuses ESPN Of “Manipulating Other Conferences” To “Destabilize” His; Network Denies Claim

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The Big 12’s commissioner is accusing ESPN of trying to “destabilize” his league by “incentivizing” other NCAA conferences in an effort to get a pair of big-name schools to leave the Big 12 for the SEC.Texas and Oklahoma have been working for months on a move to the SEC while taking part in Big 12 strategy meetings, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a cease-and-desist letter to ESPN.

The sports giant owns SEC Network, which televises events featuring the Southeastern Conference — whose teams have won 11 of the past 15 Division I college football titles.“I have absolute certainty that [ESPN has] been involved in manipulating other conferences to go after our members,” Bowlsby told The Associated Press on Wednesday.In its letter, the

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