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Big 12 commissioner Yormark leaving for job outside college sports

Yormark steps down January thirty-first, 2027, and the Kansas chancellor says he told the board nearly ten days before the Friday vote; his contract ran through 2030.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBig 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is leaving the conference for a job outside college sports, and he approached the Big 12 about it nearly ten days before the announcement.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTen days is called a communications window, Rex.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Kansas chancellor says Yormark wanted what he called an elegant exit, and the board gave him one in a Friday morning vote.

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, I'm telling you, ten days is a long time to hold a secret in a conference with twelve of them.

  5. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe signed through twenty thirty last year. It's a family in crisis.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe leaves January thirty-first, after a two-point-two-eight-billion-dollar TV deal with ESPN and Fox. In my world that's called going out on the high note.

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