TCU accepts Big 12 invitation

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Big 12 Conference interim commissioner Chuck Neinas welcomed Texas Christian University Monday at the Horned Frogs' Fort Worth campus. TCU accepted an invitation to the conference, opting to leave the Mountain West for the Big 12 rather than the Big East, whom they had already agreed to join.
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By Tyler Alley
Sports Editor

TCU has accepted the Big 12 Conference’s invitation to become the 10th member of the conference. The announcement came at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the school’s campus in Fort Worth.

The Horned Frogs will replace Texas A&M, who accepted an invitation to join the SEC earlier this year.

TCU will have to pay a $5 million exit fee to leave the Big East, which it originally agreed to join July 2012, and will be able to enter the Big 12 for the 2012-13 athletic year.

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