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BY MOLLY HULSEY
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES

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The Big 12 Conference lives to see another day, at least for now. The Pac-12 announced Tuesday that it would not add any more members, effectively throwing the Big 12 a lifeline. But will it last? CBS Sports isn’t sure.

“This decision by the Pac-12 doesn't mean this game of league musical chairs is over. They'll be more maneuvering, but it's no longer complete mayhem.”

Everything’s bigger in Texas, including its control over the conference, and Yahoo! Sports thinks that’s the problem.

“The chief reason the Pac-12 said no is the same one that is preventing the Big 12 getting along: Texas and its indomitable belief that it shouldn’t compromise on much of anything. Texas has the power. To make everyone leave. To make everyone stay. For now.”

The Big 12’s struggles represent a bigger underlying problem with college sports, according to The Pitch. It’s all about the money.

“Big 12 members' race to greener pastures, despite grazing in pretty impressive pastures already, reflects a trend …. in which massive television contracts have reshaped the incentives driving the college sports business, toward ruin...”

The Missouri Board of Curators has scheduled a public meeting for Thursday morning, and the Associated Press reports that Texas and Oklahoma will meet in the next few days to negotiate a long-term plan. Billionaire Oklahoma State booster T. Boone Pickens is going one step further to the government.

“Pickens has even pulled out the big sales job. He's petitioned Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Pickens said he told Perry to show America that ‘you fix problems, don't contribute to 'em.’”

What will it take to actually keep the Big 12 together long-term? The Kansas City Star’s Sam Mellinger says that no matter who is to blame, Commissioner Dan Beebe must go.

“Beebe now faces the impossibly awkward reality that if he’s truly committed to the league’s best future he must quit. There is no alternative here... and not just for the league’s immediate survival but for its future.”

Adding members and keeping existing ones is the next priority for the conference, as ESPN’s Andy Katz explains.

“If the Big 12 can get all of its issues in order in its house, they potentially could look for a tenth member with BYU. They could go to twelve and add Louisville and West Virginia, to make it more of an even number, what they used to be. The Missouri president is the head of the Board of Directors in the Big 12. It would be very difficult for him now to abandon ship on the rest of those Big 12 schools and go to the SEC.”
 

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