Former Big Eight Commissioner Chuck Neinas says he’s been
contacted by the Big 12 about possibly being the conferences
interim commissioner, and that he told the league’s leaders he was
interested.
The Big 12 presidents were scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss
ways to stabilize the league. Apparently, a change of leadership is
part of that plan.
Neinas told The Associated Press on Thursday morning that he had
not yet been retained. He says: “If that happened, it would happen
at the end of the day.”
The Kansas City Star, citing two sources with knowledge of the
decision, reported Wednesday night that current Big 12 Commissioner
Dan Beebe was working on an agreement to leave his position and
that an announcement of Beebe’s departure was expected Thursday.