I'm not going to dig back through this mess, but there's an NYT piece posted in here that showed that A&M will not make a significant financial gain in the SEC.
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I'm not going to dig back through this mess, but there's an NYT piece posted in here that showed that A&M will not make a significant financial gain in the SEC.
What kind of deal do you think the SEC has? Do you know the difference between school payouts between the SEC and Big 12.
The most I have found is the SEC TV contracts from CBS and ESPN total about $17.46 million for 12 teams when divided equally.
With our new deal with Fox and the current deal with ESPN, we are equal if not more than that, anywhere from 18 - 20 million, and the FOX deal is equal revenue sharing. The ESPN deal is the only deal that is not.
I'm no expert, so if you know differently, I would be interested to know.
NYT has about as much reliability as Liucci, except its clear their 'source' is in the texas AD somewhere.
The momentum to make super conferences is on. Two years from now, 16 team conferences will be the norm. The Big Ten and Pac Ten will not idly sit around while the SEC tries to get bigger.
Pac Ten - Fox
Big Ten - CBS for bball
SEC - ESPN/ABC
Big 12 - Fox
ND - lagging NBC
Cm'n TBS, WGN, get bidding.
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As bad as the NYT is, I still give them far more credibility than the message board operator who has an anonymous source. All that financial information is public record as well, so I am sure the Times got it right.
Texas A&M Aggies spokesman denies school sent withdrawal letter to Big 12 - ESPN
How do you feel about ESPN?
A&M is a very logical choice for them in that case. They pose no threat to the SEC schools as far as competition in athletics goes, they swing open the door to recruit more in Texas, and no kid in SEC country that is worth anything at all will choose A&M over an SEC school. I guess I should give the SEC more credit in all of this as they are playing A&M like a banjo.
I think I saw that Kid receiving a piece of corn from some old dude on a trophy once! :twitcy:
Yeesh!! There really need to start being repercussions for all this bad journalism going around. Seriously, people need to start getting fired. Newspapers haven't needed excuses the last few years. My guess is this guy is gone.
I did too. The artist called it "Hok family at Harvest". I think the artist nailed it.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...n-denies-school-sent-withdrawal-letter-big-12
Unless this is a journalist that is willing to name his sources, then he's not going to get fired. The NY Times author did his due diligence and has sources to back it up.
NYT author already said that he messed up and it was a phone call notifying them not a letter.
Huh? How do we know he has any sources? because he said so? The guy who is in charge of the looking at A/M said they are not withdrawing right now. So his sources were bogus. He should be fired, I am sorry. Unless you are willing to put your name next to a statement, you are not a credible source. This isn't a matter of personal safety, so they should be willing to do that. Or better yet, don't give a statement.
Really? Firing a guy because it was a phone call and not a letter? Overreact much?
Fired? That is not over reacting. The little ******** is lucky we don't string him up by 'is nougats.
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Sounds to me that the Cougars are committed to being Indepedent,,, Ruh Roh #BYU
Sounds to me that the Cougars are committed to being Indepedent,,, Ruh Roh #BYU
Would there be any hope of trying to get A&M to stay and additionaly pull in two more teams to get back to 12?
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