The Players Era Championship is here to stay.

The Big 12 made sure of that with its $50 million equity partnership that was recently announced, guaranteeing eight conference teams in the expanded 32-team field moving forward.

That’s huge, especially with each Big 12 team promised $1 million for name, image and likeness purposes.

But the format needs to change.

This season’s event in Las Vegas was a mess. Iowa State won games over St. John’s and Creighton but did not receive a spot in the money-making games .

No NIL money thanks to a convoluted system? That’s not right.

Fortunately, it appears the format will be four eight-team pods with the winners of each facing off .

For now, the Cyclones will have to live with the fact that they proved they are a Big 12 title contender, may

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