def _parse_conference(self, stats):
conference_tag = stats(PLAYER_SCHEME['<STR_LIT>'])<EOL>conference = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>',<EOL>'<STR_LIT>',<EOL>str(conference_tag('<STR_LIT:a>')))<EOL>conference = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', conference)<EOL>return conference<EOL>
Parse the conference abbreviation for the player's team.

The conference abbreviation is embedded within the conference name tag
and should be special-parsed to extract it.

Parameters
----------
stats : PyQuery object
    A PyQuery object containing the HTML from the player's stats page.

Returns
-------
string
    Returns a string of the conference abbreviation, such as 'big-12'.