Now OU is exploring leaving the Big 12 according to ESPN.com. Long Horn Network destroyed the Big 12. Period. Greed.
Well there's no 5th Amendment, because it's a civil case...so you think these guys perjure themselves? Think there's not emails, calendars, travel iteniaries and/or credit card receipts that would be handy? When I say doomed, I mean the deal goes away..that's it. Entirely on FOX, but it's not going to be a difficult argument to make if there's no Big XII left...not much left for FOX to televise in that instance releases don't apply to other parties. for instance..you can file suit against multiple parties...release any and all claims against one and still pursue the other party or parties.
This isn't about doing what's best for anyone else...this is a claim for damages. BU, KU, and the rest had an agreement...to the extent that agreement gets breached and another party induces the breach, BU/KU/the rest are still entitled to what they contracted for. That's at the very heart of everything that's NOT communist, frankly. There's too much money to be lost here...and as you said, "gotta look out for yourself," right?
Whats the problem? That TAMU is leaving, it devalues the conference, so they'd lose money? Legal or not, its annoying to deal with. Or is the issue if the Big 12 dissolves because TAMU left? That's the Big 12's problem IMO. Again, legal or not, its annoying. I just want everyone off TAMU's junk. Nebraska and Colorado got out for chump change and a few questionable ref calls.
the issue is this: the FOX contract. it entitles each team to a sizeable chunk of money. put yourself in the position of K St. for example. if that deal is lost, they're going to end up in a conference where they won't see that money again. if they believe that the SEC interfered with it, they will have a claim for what they were entitled to under that contract. contracts create obligations..that's why you hire attorneys before you sign 'em. this isn't about being on TAMU's junk. it's about having an expectation under a contract and then having it ripped away. if you're a regent of K St. you have a fiduciary duty to protect its interests. that's a huge chunk of change you're losing. NU and CU got out before the FOX contract...and when NU and CU got out, it still left 10 teams.
Not questioning whether its a reasonable lawsuit or not. I see their perspective. Its just... annoying.
Well if it happened like A&M and the SEC say it did, they will have no concerns moving forward Still funny that everone laughed at A&M saying the SEC didnt want us but now they wanted us so bad they interfered with the fox contract ... Im glad this will be resolved and A&M will be in the SEC within a week
People that thought the SEC wouldn't want TAMU were just being whiny. I could see the SEC wanting TAMU over OU.
Mizzou weighs in... nothing really of note except that it's all news to them. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-surprised-oklahoma-sooners-president-remarks COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's athletic director said Oklahoma's interest in switching conferences only reinforces the notion of instability in the Big 12. "A comment comes out like that, it is a concern," Mike Alden said Saturday. Alden said Missouri remains focused on keeping the conference intact while continuing to strengthen the school's profile. Though Missouri is more concerned than a few days ago, he said the school will do well whatever happens. "I think Mizzou's on solid ground," Alden said. "I think we don't have to necessarily land on our feet, we are on our feet. I think our leadership has done a good job." While committed to the Big 12, Alden said Missouri would do everything possible to raise its profile. "We're keeping improving Mizzou's brand every day, that's what we do," Alden said, speaking before No. 21 Missouri's opener against Miami of Ohio. "We've done that aggressively." Oklahoma president David Boren said Friday that the Sooners expect to decide whether to leave in three weeks. He said he flew to Missouri to confer with chancellor Brady Deaton, the chairman of the Big 12 board of directors, and to College Station, Texas, to try to prevent Texas A&M from leaving for the SEC. Oklahoma was offered chances to join both the Pac-10 and the SEC last year, but decided to stick with the Big 12, even as Nebraska left to join the Big Ten and Colorado joined the Pac-10. "I don't think OU is going to be a wallflower when all is said and done," Boren said Friday. Alden said Boren's comments were surprising given what Missouri thought was a conference-wide belief in the future of the Big 12. "It's somewhat surprising that comment came out because I know everybody's been working together," Alden said. "You put something like that out there and it just reinforces that image of being unstable. "How do you recover from that? I don't know." Alden wouldn't say whether Missouri had been in contact with other conferences, adding he's consistently had no comment on such matters. "Our focus has been on working hard to keep the Big 12 together and Brady's done a good job," Alden said. "Speculating on anything beyond that, I just think that would be really kind of irresponsible on our part."
Common sense tells us all it didn't happen the way A&M and the SEC say it did. But for anyone to sue they would need proof and I'm not sure any was left (shouldn't have been if they were smart about it).
Really? A&M got upset about the LHN and with the Big XII and called up the SEC to say we want in. Seems more logical than any other scenario
UT, OU, Pac 16. Blah, blah, etc... http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...s-texas-longhorns-being-discussed-source-says Gig'd me
This is for all those suckers that didn't think the SEC wanted TAMU or that TAMU has nothing to offer the SEC
That article was updated literally 2 minutes before I posted it, dick. Oh, and get this, its sourced from the very entity that backs that LHN. Hmm...
