Texas A&M Officially Gives Notice That It Will Seek Other Conference Membership
by Year2 on Aug 31, 2011 11:15 AM EDT
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PrintForget the rumor mill, this is straight from the horse's mouth:
Texas A&M University today officially notified the Big 12 Conference that the institution will submit an application to join another athletic conference. Should this application be accepted, Texas A&M will end its membership in the Big 12 Conference effective June 30, 2012
"After much thought and consideration, and pursuant to the action of the (Texas A&M University System) Board of Regents authorizing me to take action related to Texas A&M University's athletic conference alignment, I have determined it is in the best interest of Texas A&M to make application to join another athletic conference," President R. Bowen Loftin wrote to Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe in the letter dated August 31, 2011.
This news release from the school doesn't specify which other conference the school will seek to join, but we all know they're not looking to anchor the WAC for the next century. The official application to the SEC is coming next, which would be followed by a vote by SEC presidents on whether to let A&M in. There's no way we'd get this far in the process if TAMU didn't already know the outcome of the vote, and for image's sake (if nothing else) you can bet it will be a unanimous vote.
"As I have indicated throughout this process, we are seeking to generate greater visibility nationwide for Texas A&M and our championship-caliber student-athletes, as well as secure the necessary and stable financial resources to support our athletic and academic programs," Loftin said.
No conference has a better setup for visibility in football, given the SEC's contracts with CBS and ESPN. The SEC offers lots of money and stability as well, so from that standpoint, it's not hard to understand where this all came from.
Your move, SEC presidents.
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It wouldn’t have gotten this far is A&M wasn’t positive that the SEC would take them.
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number 14 better be a damn good addition
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by doker on Aug 31, 2011 1:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
i wish the big would stay together
I’m a wildcat first and aggie second. I would hate to A&M. But if we do decide to expand to 14 there’s no A&M to add to the west. The revival of the LSU rivalr Arkansas rivalry. College station is an awesome cam can snag up some Texas recruits. Hopefully west va solid bball program to test us in the reg season and Not to mention a new border rival
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by cnevius26 on Aug 31, 2011 4:07 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
haha my apologies
My damn Droid phone is terrible for typing!
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by cnevius26 on Aug 31, 2011 9:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
then again i am a product of the kentucky public school system
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by cnevius26 on Aug 31, 2011 9:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
alright draft #2
I wish the big 12 would stay together I’m a wildcat first and aggie second. I would hate to root against A&M. But if we decide to expand to 14 there’s no better team than A&M to add to the west. The revival of the Arkansas rivalry. College station is an awesome campus and it helps us snag up a few of those Texas recruits. Hopefully west va is #14. A solid bball program to test us in the reg season and a ranked football team for all the other sec schools to challenge. Not to mention a new border rival for Kentucky.
Hopefully that clears things up haha
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by cnevius26 on Aug 31, 2011 9:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
A&M is in limbo
SEC is not taking them without a good 14th. FSU or the Sooners. Until rumbles of that start bank on an Aggie move
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by rocket8188 on Aug 31, 2011 4:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
A&M is most certainly not in limbo.
They would not have made the move without foreknowledge that entry into the SEC is a done deal.
Why not?
Has any of the actions they have made over the last month been rational? Every report about the SEC TV contract has basically said to expect roughly the same per school payout or a very tiny bump at best. And yet they where guaranteed 20 million a year in the Big 12 until the new deal which would most likely payout more. They got just about everything they wanted in the LHN saga. They tried to rush this without doing all the steps needed to do and they are on the hook for 16 million dollars. All of this at the beginning of a football season, school year and FY instead of towards the end when every other school in the nation would have top level talks like this.
Something to think about....
This article is mainly about a potential conference schedule with 13 teams, but there is a very interesting part about how the SEC has no released its 2012 schedule yet despite the fact it is normally released by this time of year.
There has been plenty going on behind the scenes. All of this has not just been going down in the last few weeks despite the fact that’s when we’ve heard about it.
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