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Memphis AD Ed Scott acknowledges Big 12 membership rejection ‘hurt’

August 20, 2025

By Cody Nagel, CBS Sports: Memphis athletic director Ed Scott admits it stung when the Big 12 rejected an unprecedented bid to join the league in July. The ambitious proposal — which included up to $250 million in sponsorship commitments and forgoing revenue distributions for at least five years — was among the boldest yet by a Group of Six program to buy into the Power Four.

“I’m a human being, man. I don’t like being rejected,” Scott said on the Gary Parrish Show.

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