Is there any chance SEC schools vote against expansion?

I thought that they just met and said they were happy with the way things are right now?

Some guy in a Tulsa paper today said he heard Slive was having a hard time getting to 9 votes. I'm not buying it. No way things get this far along without it being a done deal. In fact, if A&M doesn't have an SEC offer by the start of this season, the university's president would probably get canned.

what if you are wrong? I thought that too but I think something else is happening which has cause the SEC to drag there feet a little which is why A&M ask to pursue options. I would be willing to bet that A&M is looking at other conferences besides the SEC.

Vandy, Kentucky, the Mississippi schools do not want A&M in our league.

I could be wrong. Hopefully not, I relish the reaquaintance with the Aggies as a rivalry. I understand Vandy but why would Kentucky, MSU and Ole Miss be against expansion?

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TAMU better think long and hard about this.

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you've conveniently left out the window clause in the ESPN contract that goes into effect after the end of the 2012 season

I`m a State fan and I would guess our folks are about 80-20 in favor of expansion. I am personally for it IF we don`t have to play 9 conference games per year.

I know I had responded to you on the Rant and Im glad to hear that MSU is mostly all for expansion.. I just dont see how we could get around not playing 9 conference games if we expand to 7 teams in each division. You would have to play your 6 games within the division and then 3 rotating games in the other division. If you only went to 2 rotating games, it could be several years before you met some of the other schools not in your division. I dont know if I would like that.

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lets see if they just want to pay more for the heck of it

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it's not "just for the heck of it" - if either party doesnt agree to revisit the contract in good faith, it calls for 3rd party arbitration

Dosh - who's opinion I respect and makes a living off of this - estimates that the revenue to be received by each member of the SEC should expect approx $30 to $33 million a year after restructuring the current deal

She also makes an excellent point that

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the SEC wouldn’t be adding members if it weren’t confident it was getting enough from a new television contract to keep conference distributions at or above current levels.

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This is what I can agree with.

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Uncle Stu
Is there any chance SEC schools vote against expansion?
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lets see if they just want to pay more for the heck of it

it's not "just for the heck of it" - if either party doesnt agree to revisit the contract in good faith, it calls for 3rd party arbitration

Dosh - who's opinion I respect and makes a living off of this - estimates that the revenue to be received by each member of the SEC should expect approx $30 to $33 million a year after restructuring the current deal

She also makes an excellent point that
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the SEC wouldn’t be adding members if it weren’t confident it was getting enough from a new television contract to keep conference distributions at or above current levels.

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Thanks for adding to my point.

$33 million divided by 14 = $2.35M

Whoa... Everyone gets $18.1M (Current) + $2.35 with new addition of teams and contracts..

= $20.4M ...

Texas A&M will make more in the Big12 next year than that also the Big10 will still be head of us only 12 teams.

"According to the school's president and athletic director, a move to the SEC could hurt athlete-students' academic performances and might be worse for it financially."

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