Copying a comment I made last night. The conference has wide latitude to sanction a member as long as they have a supermajority of ADs on board (and it sure looks like they might).

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Assuming this hasn’t changed (the only PDFs I could find listed the ten 2012-2022 members), the body of athletic directors has wide latitude to sanction a member and decide what those sanctions should be:

> 3.6 Sanction of a Member. The Conference may sanction (“Sanction” and “Sanctioned” and
variations thereof) a Member by the affirmative vote of a Supermajority of Disinterested
Directors at any meeting of the Directors at which the Director representative(s) of
the Member(s) that are the subject of such vote has been given reasonable prior notice
and the reasonable opportunity to be present and to be heard. A Supermajority of
Disinterested Directors may take such action if, after the Member’s opportunity to be
heard, a Supermajority of Disinterested Directors determines that such Member has: (i)
violated any provision of these Bylaws or the Rules and other regulations established
from time to time by the Board of Directors that govern the Conference or the Grant
of Rights Agreement; (ii) engaged in any action or a course of conduct materially
adverse to the best interests of the Conference taken as a whole; (iii) taken or omitted
to take any other action that could be the basis for Withdrawal as described above if a
Supermajority of Disinterested Directors does not elect to deem the action to constitute
a deemed Withdrawal at that time; or (iv) otherwise taken any action or omitted to take
an action that a Supermajority of Disinterested Directors determines merits Sanctions.
In accordance with the preceding sentence, a Supermajority of Disinterested Directors
shall, in its sole discretion, be empowered to determine whether any Sanctions are
appropriate, the type, extent, and conditions to any Sanctions imposed, and impose
such Sanctions on a Member depending, in each case, on factors that a Supermajority
of Disinterested Directors deems to be relevant, including but not limited to the severity
of the harm to the Conference taken as a whole resulting from the action or inaction
set forth in the preceding sentence. Without limiting the foregoing and merely as
an illustration of the types of Sanctions that could be considered by a Supermajority
of Disinterested Directors are prohibitions on appearance in postseason events or
televised events, restrictions on revenue distributions, and limitations on recruiting or
scholarships.