Change again on agenda at Big 12 meetings

[J.B. TexasEx]

"We've tried to legislate competitive equity and it really has never existed.  We (Big 5 conferences) win more than 90 percent of the national championships in those 65 schools, and it's been that way for a very long time. That's not to say they're not doing great things at a lot of those other universities. We just have to, on this occasion, vote an enlightened self-interest." - Bob Bowlsby

http://msn.foxsports.com/southwest/story/change-again-on-agenda-at-big-12-meetings-052714

 

[texasdobbs]

That's very interesting JB ....

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Major change is coming. The Big 4 is becoming a reality 

 

[doc longhorn]

Major change is coming. The Big 4 is becoming a reality 

Who would the the 4?

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

DMN's Big12 beat writer, Chuck Carlton, weighs in on Bowlsby's comments and upcoming agenda

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/headlines/20140527-change-clearly-in-the-air-on-eve-of-big-12-conference-spring-meetings.ece

 

[Matt Cotcher]

“There are certainly things I would add to the letter, and there are very few things in there I would disagree with,” Bowlsby said. “But those principles have been out there for a while.”

Above anything else, I'm just glad to see folks talking about it "on the record". I don't think anything major happens soon, but I now believe we'll at least know what's happening. That's refreshing.

“Cheating pays,” Bowlsby said. “It’s getting better, but it needs to make a long more progress. We need to get to a point where if institutions are doing it the right way, they’re rewarded. And if they’re doing the wrong way, they’re seriously penalized.”

So happy that somebody put it out there. A truly level playing field isn't possible unless they take this comment seriously.