The Big 12’s sports programs netted $130 million in revenue for the 2008-09 academic year, conference officials announced at the Big 12’s spring meetings in Colorado Springs. The conference will divvy that revenue among its 12 programs. The $130 million is 14.5 percent more than last year’s previous record of $113.5 million. Conference officials credited this year’s success to the conferences competitive success in multiple sports, especially football as Oklahoma and Texas played in BCS games. The conference also received a boost in TV ratings and fan attendance.
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach