Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark enjoyed perhaps the biggest mic-drop moment of any league commissioner in sports history on Thursday when he channeled his inner Michael Jordan.
Colorado, who left the Big 12 back in 2011, announced Thursday they will be leaving the Pac-12 in 2024 to rejoin the conference. As Sports Illustrated previously reported, “The conference’s presidents and chancellors reportedly voted unanimously to accept Colorado as a new member of the Big 12 during a conference call on Wednesday night. On Thursday, the school’s board of regents held a meeting and unanimously voted upon a resolution, approving the move.”
Later in the night, Yormack took the announcement to the next level when via the Big 12’s official Twitter page a release was shared which read:
