Gzette wrote:I feel dirty about this whole debacle. My alma mater was much more concerned with $$ than anything else throughout this entire deal. As were all other schools, but with UT at the forefront of this story I feel somewhat ashamed.
I'd rather UT left and cut ties with little brother Aggy. According to Chip Brown from orangebloods.com (who has owned this story since day 1) Longhorns had a deal pretty much inked with PAC-10 until Aggy appeared to be in favor of going to SEC over PAC-12. Still, I wonder why Aggy was so pro-SEC? Great conference and all, but when you finish in the middle of the pack in the Big 12 each year, you gonna be the laughing stock of the SEC. Still, it will be a nice gift every Thanksgiving to watch the Horns pwn Aggy between bouts of turkey.
I'd look for the Little XII to scramble to add some schools. Snatching up TCU would be a great move forward. They're going to want 12 schools to maintain a CCG, cuz that means more $$.
Read this article and focus on one word: Months.
A source close to the Pac-10's expansion negotiations told The Denver Post that Texas insisted on better revenue sharing and its own network, which essentially killed the deal.
"In the 11th hour, after months of telling us they understand the TV rights, they're trying to pull a fast one on the verge of sealing the deal in the regents meeting," the source said. "They want a better revenue sharing deal and their own network. Those were points of principle. (The Pac-10) wants to treat everyone fairly. It's been that way for months of discussions."
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The whole article is read-worthy, but that's a pretty damning paragraph.
Stewart Mandel has had some interesting tidbits on his
Twitter page today. Most notably,
this one:
Unbelievable. The five "leftovers" (KU, KSU, ISU, BU, Mizzou) agreed to sign over their share of CU/NU's buyout money to UT/OU/A&M.