Kansas Senator: Probe ESPN's Realignment Influence

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U.S. senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, on Wednesday drafted a letter to U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland asking for the Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into ESPN and what role, if any, the network played in the defections of the universities of Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference to the Southeastern Conference.

The intended moves were announced in a joint statement by the schools a week ago Monday, and by week's end the SEC membership had voted unanimously to allow Texas and OU into a new 16-team league by 2025. That left the Big 12 with only eight teams and a lot of questions about the future of the conference.

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