Breaking: University of Texas announces it won't renew its sports media rights with Big 12, signaling its planned departure bit.ly/3i4jHGc
UT-Austin and the University of Oklahoma are expected to leave the athletic conference for the Southeastern Conference. The move throws the athletics future of several other Texas schools into uncertainty.
The idea has prompted some pushback in the #TXlege, especially among members who represent or attended the three Texas schools that would be left behind in the conference: Baylor University, Texas Christian University and Texas Tech University.
Members filed legislation that would require Texas public colleges and universities to get approval from the Legislature before switching their affiliations with collegiate athletic conferences. bit.ly/2Wdvtpa
The move is largely symbolic because the bill is not on Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the special legislative session.
For such a measure to be considered, Abbott would have to add the item to the list of priorities he set for the special session, which is stalled until it regains the minimum number of present members needed to pass laws. bit.ly/2Wdvtpa
Texas Democrats left the state in an effort to block the GOP’s voting restrictions bill, which would ban drive-thru and 24-hour voting options, enhance access for partisan poll watchers and further restrict the state’s voting-by-mail rules. bit.ly/3zwWan8
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