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Memphis releases statement after Big 12 rejection, says Tigers athletics 'stronger than ever'
Memphis acknowledged July 21 that a proposal from the university to join the Big 12 "did not ultimately move in our favor." ...
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Sources: Big 12 won’t add Memphis despite pitch
Memphis approached the Big 12 with a pitch to become its 17th member in recent weeks, but conference presidents decided ...
Memphis’ desperate Big 12 membership proposal still got shot down
The Tigers are desperate to get out, and they’re willing to offer hundreds of millions to do it. The Big 12 received a ...
Big 12 'not interested' in conference expansion idea
The Big 12 has reportedly passed on adding Memphis as a member of the conference despite the school's lucrative membership ...
Memphis’ Big 12 pitch, including $200 million in sponsorships, isn’t gaining traction: Sources
The University of Memphis pitched itself to the Big 12 with an offer to bring sponsorship revenue to the conference while taking no media rights payments, an unprecedented offer to join a conference, ...
Sources: Memphis proposing lucrative offer to join Big 12, but it lacks support from conference leadership
The proposal from Memphis — one of the most aggressive membership propositions in college athletics history — features ...
REPORT: Big 12 denies new team opportunity to join conference
According to a report from Brett McMurphy of On3Sports, the University of Memphis has made an offer to the Big 12 of a reported 200 million to join the Big 12 c ...
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Memphis Tigers left empty-handed after bold Big 12 proposal falls flat
That didn’t sit well with fans. The timing came off as ironic, if not tone-deaf, given Memphis has been very publicly trying ...