BY TRAVIS DETHERAGE
The Shorthorn staff
Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson
called a cbssports.
com report “premature”
late Monday night after it claimed UTA will
leave the Western Athletic Conference and
join the Sun Belt Conference beginning in
2013.
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BY TRAVIS DETHERAGE
The Shorthorn staff
Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson
called a cbssports.
com report “premature”
late Monday night after it claimed UTA will
leave the Western Athletic Conference and
join the Sun Belt Conference beginning in
2013.
“Only that in my previous position, (as
commissioner of the WAC), I was able to
recognize the assets that UT Arlington has,
along with the strong leadership of (school
president James) Spaniolo,” Benson told the
San Antonio Express-News.
“But at this
point it’s premature to speculate about UT
Arlington’s future.
”
Athletics director Jim Baker, who is at
the WAC meetings in Phoenix, Ariz.
, said
he cannot comment on the situation in an
interview on Tuesday and that he will go
through the president’s office to talk about
conference realignment.
UTA President James Spaniolo was also
UTA’s
fate in
WAC
unclear
ATHLETICS
Sun Belt’s Karl Benson reveals it’s
‘premature’ to speculate UTA’s
future about joining his conference.
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