BSPN Reporting Mizzou granted authority to Pursue options

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The governing board of the University of Missouri unanimously gave its chancellor the authority Friday to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference.Chancellor Brady Deaton was given the power after a two-day Board of Curators meeting that wrapped up Friday without an announcement that Missouri is leaving the Big 12, presumably for the Southeastern Conference.

Deaton said discussions about realignment are ongoing and a "decision will be undertaken expeditiously."

He avoided saying that he favors leaving the Big 12 or to identify SEC as a potential place for Missouri to land during a news conference sitting alongside athletic director Mike Alden and other school officials.

"We've provided information to the SEC," Deaton said. "We would anticipate that any decision we make would be apropos to next season."

Deaton would not say exactly when he expects to make a decision but added, "We're not looking at a long time frame."