AAC commissioner denies colluding with ESPN on conference realignment
American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco addresses the media during an NCAA college football media day in Newport, R.I. Aresco vehemently denied that his league has ever “plotted” with ESPN to undermine another conference by poaching its schools. (Stew Milne/AP file)
But American Athletic Conference head Mike Aresco declined to say if any Big 12 schools have reached out to him.
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Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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