UCF's Big 12 Application

Here's what applying to the Big 12 looks like

In the past couple weeks, reporting made it clear that the arrival of UCF, Houston, Cincinnati, and independent BYU was pretty much a done deal. With that said, there were some formalities, like an “application” that the schools would need to provide to the Big 12 and then, finally, the Big 12’s decision to invite.

We did a records request to UCF to see what this application was like, and it is brief. As shown here, the schools indicated their attention to join as early as 2023 (which would mean essentially two more seasons in the AAC).

Here’s the full copy of the letter to the Big 12.

For the AAC, the bylaws require 27 months notice to leave and a $10M exit fee. Schools can negotiate to leave earlier, but it comes at a cost: UConn reportedly spend $17M to leave the AAC early. 27 months from now would be December of 2023.

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