SEC Says No For Now to TAMU
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Merch Frog
Turd
The knee jerk reactions on this are ridiculous. This will still happen. The SEC press release practically says as much. It just won't happen this week.
TronCarter
New Member
I like that the LHN still has no provider in Texas.
Oh, and yeah. This will still happen. Now is the time for the BigEast to make some headway in that TV contract so that the member schools are satisfied with their position.
Oh, and yeah. This will still happen. Now is the time for the BigEast to make some headway in that TV contract so that the member schools are satisfied with their position.
Delmonico
Semi-Omnipotent Being
Which was one of the issues last year...the SEC was waiting for the Pac 16 move to go down and for the Big 12 to start crumbling. Never happened. At this point, there's no way for the SEC to NOT be seen as an instigator unless they wait for someone else to leave the Big 12.
I still contend this is ESPN's doing. Without more cash from ESPN no move happens. But an SEC Network could change that. Because ESPN has the SEC locked in for 13 years, they are in a position of strength.
jack the frog
Full Member
Also, no clearer explanation than this needed to understand why being in a "have" conference before the dominos fall is so critical.
Six years ago ESPN held the Big East contract and another conference called the ACC. The ACC actively invited Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech. Hmmm...
Merch Frog
Turd
"Yep, ESPN's television deals have so monopolized college athletics that its a major road bump in any conference realignment."
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
BABYFACE
Full Member
Yes, but no. The SEC poaching ARKY is what set it in all in motion. Roy Kramer, then commish of SEC, wanted a 12 team conference with a championship game and thus Arky was one of 3 new invitees. Roy Kramer also the architect of the BCS, had that in place in few years after he initiated the bowl coalition for a couple of years. The modern 12 team conference and championship game with the BCS was Kramer's brainchild and poaching Arky from the SWC was the first step in the plan. 2 years after Arky was gone SWC disbanded and the formation of Big 12 happened.
While a lot has changed, but ARky leaving was the initial move and start of the conferences that are in the club and the BCS, while the others were now on the outside looking in.
Sangria Wine
Active Member
In fairness, the superconference was originally the brainchild of Fred Jacoby, former SWC commish. He tried unsuccessfully to put together a big 8 / SWC merger that would host a championship game. He had a TV deal in the works that would have set a new standard. He couldn't get full support, ended up losing his job and then the B12 ended up happening years later. The story went that Texas, et al liked the idea but did not want to share money with TCU, Houston, Rice, SMU, etc. So they re-shaped his plan.
Dogfrog
Active Member
SnoopFrogs11
Active Member
Is there still a good chance A&M will be invited later in the season after all these issues are taken care of? I hope the Big East can take Missouri and KSU.
