Texas A&M move to SEC held up by legal threat...

joseephuss

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The30YardSlant;4092336 said:
Worst case scenario, we pay no more than the $9 million Colorado and Nebraska paid (none of which was actually their money anyway, simply forfeited TV revenue). The more likely scenario is that we leave, OU, Okie State, Tech and Texas immediately bolt fot the PAC, Kansas leaves for the Big East soon, the Big XII dissolves and nobody pays anything as there is no longer a conference to collect. Also, as soon as the conference number drops below 8 the TV contract becomes null and void and nobody has any claim to lost TV revenue.

In other words, no matter what we won't be writing anyone a check. We may simply leave a chunk of our $20 million in TV revenue for this season to be split amongst the remaining conference members.

And that is why Baylor is doing it. If they do nothing, they get nothing. Now they may get something. Maybe not the maximum amount, but something. They know they can't stop the move.
 

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Aikbach;4092598 said:
Well what's so amusing about A&M is the premise of their fanbase for justifying the negation of the their contract is that the Longhorns have a network and that makes it void.
I have no idea what the specifics of their contract says but these lawsuits have a tendency to go away once a little money is thrown at the situation. Obviously, leaving a conference is something which teams are allowed to do since Nebraska did precisely that over the past year. Yes, A&M may have to fork over some dough, or maybe wait until a couple contractual obligations run out, but if it is something they really want, they really can't be stopped permanently.
Aikbach;4092598 said:
If A&M were genuinely concerned about other schools having revenue slighted from them by the Longhorn network then they wouldn't actively lobby the Texas legislator to keep them grandfathered in an archaic piece of legislation that only gives oil revenue to UT and A&M and not a single dime to any other state school such as Texas Tech or Texas State or any other portion of the UT system, for some reason they don't have a problem with keeping that revenue from being shared evenly.
A&M, just like every single other school, isn't concerned about crap except what is in their own best interest. Nobody holds the high moral ground here; they're all equally sleazy - although Texas is certainly adopting a stance which makes them act as if they are the first among equals. I don't blame other members of the Big XII for being a bit perturbed.
 
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