Big 12 fines schools for opting out of bowl games

The Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas State Wildcats paid the terms for deciding to opt retired of a assemblage shot vessel crippled connected Sunday.

The Big 12 Conference announced it fined the 2 schools $500,000 each for their decisions.

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Iowa State Cyclones moving backmost Abu Sama III #24 successful enactment against Kansas State Wildcats information Logan Bartley #10 during the 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic lucifer betwixt Kansas State University and Iowa State University astatine the Aviva Stadium successful Dublin. (Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

"The Big 12 Conference is issuing a $500,000 organization good to Iowa State and Kansas State for opting retired of their information successful the Conference’s vessel pool," the league said successful a statement.

"While the Conference acknowledges the hard timing astir coaching changes, the Big 12 is liable for fulfilling its contractual obligations to its vessel partners."

Iowa State finished 8-4 and Kansas State was 6-6 to extremity the season. Both teams, due to the fact that they reached six wins, were vessel eligible. But some schools recovered themselves successful an inopportune position.

Wildcats caput manager Chris Klieman announced his status earlier successful the week and Cyclones caput manager Matt Campbell decided to permission for Penn State.

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Avery Johnson, of Kansas State Wildcats, gestures during the 2025 Aer Lingus Classic lucifer betwixt Kansas State and Iowa State astatine Aviva Stadium connected Aug. 23, 2025 successful Dublin, Ireland. (Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)

Iowa State officials and the erstwhile coaching unit met Sunday with players to gauge their involvement successful participating successful a vessel game.

"The administrative unit and coaches respect and enactment the players’ decision," Iowa State diversion manager Jamie Pollard said. "Our student-athletes person had an unthinkable play and we are grateful for their enactment arsenic we worked done this process with them today."

Kansas State diversion manager Gene Taylor said helium talked to Wildcats players and Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark earlier making the decision.

Iowa State backmost Rocco Becht (3) looks to walk against the Oklahoma State during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot game, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, successful Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Gerald Leong/AP Photo)

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"This determination was not taken lightly, but with our coaching unit modulation and respective uncertainties regarding subordinate availability, I felt it was not successful our champion involvement to effort to tract a squad that was not typical of Kansas State University," Taylor said. "We applaud this radical for warring backmost from a 2-4 grounds to pb america to vessel eligibility yet again, and we are blessed that our seniors were capable to spell retired connected apical with a triumph wrong Bill Snyder Family Stadium."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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