With the NCAA again kneecapped by a lawsuit, the Big 12 finds itself in an unexpected spot: defending college sports’ right to run itself.

As pressure mounts for the Big 12 to take a stand, the conference faces threats from Brendan Sorsby’s legal team and Texas’s AG.

The controversy around the Brendan Sorsby ruling continues to reverberate around college football, and has now attracted the direct attention of the top law enf