Texas A&M Notifies Big XII of Departure

[pmull]

Texas A&M University today officially notified the Big 12 Conference that the institution will submit an application to join another athletic conference. Should this application be accepted, Texas A&M will end its membership in the Big 12 Conference effective June 30, 2012.

"After much thought and consideration, and pursuant to the action of the (Texas A&M University System) Board of Regents authorizing me to take action related to Texas A&M University's athletic conference alignment, I have determined it is in the best interest of Texas A&M to make application to join another athletic conference," President R. Bowen Loftin wrote to Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe in the letter dated August 31, 2011.

"We appreciate the Big 12's willingness to engage in a dialogue to end our relationship through a mutually agreeable settlement," Loftin added. "We, too, desire that this process be as amicable and prompt as possible and result in a resolution of all outstanding issues, including mutual waivers by Texas A&M and the conference on behalf of all the remaining members."

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[Chechem]

Now we'll have to learn how to cook chicken-fried steak.

At least their band is SEC-worthy:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56cOSaZQQc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56cOSaZQQc</a>

[pmull]

Here is another article by ESPN.

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[Jamos]

I think this is the beginning of something very big for the NCAA, the ball is rolling now. 

[pmull]

It looks like the SEC made the politically correct statement to the media that the SEC is not expanding at this time. Meanwhile, behind closed doors in a smoke filled room, a deal was cut with A&M to become the 13th SEC team provided they exit the Big 12 the correct way.

[Jamos]

Exactly! It slowed the media to a crawl and there hasn't been any name calling.

[cbbama99]

I guess now we wait to see when the SEC application is approved, I assume? Or is there much more I ain't seeing?

[Crimson Legend]

I just don't think they bring ANYTHING to the table.  I mean, how good is their gymnastics team?

[Coach Hank Crisp]

They don't have a male gymnastics team do they?

[pmull]

I just don't think they bring ANYTHING to the table.  I mean, how good is their gymnastics team?

They bring the Texas TV market and Texas recruiting to the table. This is about far more than just how good their football team is.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

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Texas A&M took one more step closer to joining the SEC.

Those attractive TV contracts will help with the visibility and finances shouldn't be a problem with the SEC distributing a record $220 million among its 12 member institutions this year. If you're keeping count at home, that's an average of $18.3 million per school. That is a 5.3 percent increase from the $209.0 million distributed to the schools in 2009-2010.

Cha-ching!

Obviously, adding another team will cut into that individual numbers for schools, but I doubt SEC members would agree to add another team without being assured they'll make as much as they made in the past each year. That could mean renegotiating TV contracts or pulling from a reserve, which is no doubt deep.

For the SEC, this would mean tapping into the Texas markets, getting the Dallas and Houston area, which means more people in front of TV sets ... and more money.

It also means SEC schools can dip into the Texas recruiting market, which SEC coaches have said would be a welcomed addition to their recruiting maps.

[Jamos]

I just don't think they bring ANYTHING to the table.  I mean, how good is their gymnastics team?

They bring the Texas TV market and Texas recruiting to the table. This is about far more than just how good their football team is.

^^^This^^^

[SUPERCOACH]

From reading their message board over the last several weeks, I have also learned that their intellectual prowess will raise the level of academics across the entire conference.  Us retarded rednecks in the SEC are lucky to have them.

[2Stater]

From reading their message board over the last several weeks, I have also learned that their intellectual prowess will raise the level of academics across the entire conference.  Us retarded rednecks in the SEC are lucky to have them.

They're right. I don't know the first thing about how to operate a hoe.

[Jamos]

From reading their message board over the last several weeks, I have also learned that their intellectual prowess will raise the level of academics across the entire conference.  Us retarded rednecks in the SEC are lucky to have them.

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