06-14-2012, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by eazyb81
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Maybe update your links
http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArtic...CLID=205435593
More On Membership/Expansion
Acting commissioner Chuck Neinas and Iowa State's Jamie Pollard, chair of the athletic directors, made it clear that the Big 12 is content to stay with its current 10-school membership. The chair of the Big 12 board of directors and wo athletic directors echoed that sentiment Thursday.
"We're all very satisfied with 10 teams," Oklahoma State president Burns Hargis said. "We're not shutting the door to any opportunity that might arrive. We're not in the market, we're not receiving applications. Our expansion committee is inactive."
The current frenzy regarding expansion and realignment started three weeks ago when Florida State indicated it might - might - be interested in joining the Big 12.
"You're aware of comments like those made about Florida State," Hargis said. "I'm flattered a school like FSU is interested. It's just another indicator of where this conference is. But in terms of any school, including Florida State, there is no discussion going on."
"The irony is a year ago we liked 10 and we still like 10," Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger said. "Ten looks different this year than it did last year. What we like and what we're comfortable with. We have ten schools that want to be together. As the landscape changes, it (having 10 schools) gives us the opportunity to be nimble."
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