gohornedfrogs
Tier 1
I don't disagree in principle, but there's exponentially more money at stake now, and far more information and transparency.I don't believe he's far off the mark. The issue is, I don't see how this is the precedent-setting moment. Teams have moved around before in the long history of College Football. Why is this episode different from Arkansas leaving in (IIRC) 1990? Or TCU moving from CUSA to the MWC? Or to the BIGXII? Fortunes change. There's fat years and lean years.
While I hate UT with the heat of a thousand suns, suing them for striving to get a better deal is silly.
When Arkansas bolted, TV contracts were a small portion of the budget. The game has grown, too, so the economic impact is much greater. Quite frankly, nobody paid much attention to these things back then -- they were done in the shadow of darkness in smoke-filled backrooms. This may be a case where the saturation of media/social media and the emphasis on "transparency" is a good thing.
If you are the mayor of FW, Lubbock or Waco -- or you're their state rep / senator -- don't you have an ethical and fiduciary responsibility to protect your city?