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June 2010, NCAA-Conferences
Perkins Credits Beebe
Kansas' Lew Perkins on Dan Beebe's role in keeping the Big 12 together: "He (Dan Beebe) and his staff did an incredible job. What he and his staff did might have saved inter-collegiate athletics as we see it today. Things could have changed dramatically, and personally, I don't think it would have been in the best interests of the student-athletes."
"The five schools approached the Big 12 Conference Office, offering to assist in assuring the retention of all 10 members of our league. We indicated that IF NECESSARY we would be willing to contribute a portion of our revenue distribution to ensure that the financial contributions from the Big 12 to those three schools would equal the minimum revenue threshold they would be able to reach in another league." To read more, click here.