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the BigXII vote made equal revenue sharing contingent on granting media rights. Either way we voted against granting the conference our media rights NOT equal revenue sharing

First you say that the vote in question was for equal revenue sharing contingent on granting media rights, then you say that your "NO" vote was against granting rights, not equal revenue.

It was one combined issue, not two separate ones.

If A&M was all for equal revenue sharing and a strong conference, then why didn't they vote "YES" on this issue? Why were they afraid to grant the conference A&M's media rights? All it took was their single vote to lock in the Big 12 to equal revenue sharing to further strengthen the conference. Was it because they were leaving their options open to bail on the conference long before the summer, when it all blew up publicly?

A&M has always been the key vote (along with Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska) to keep uneven revenue sharing. The Aggies have had their chances to break with Texas, OU and Nebraska, but failed to ever do so, which would've tipped the balance (75 percent to change bylaws) in favor of the have-nots.

Therefore, I stand by my original statement which you disputed, which was that A&M continually voted against equal revenue sharing.

And yes, I will trust reputable journalism sources over a 27/28 year old agroid.

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the SEC employs equal revenue sharing and every member gets the same share of conference revenue as everyone else.

That is not completely true. Third tier rights are still reserved by the individual schools. To form an SEC Network similar to the Big Ten and Pac-12 networks, then each SEC school will have to grant their third-tier rights to the conference. That has yet to happen.

Maybe it will, maybe it won't.

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Posted by Big Kat

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 10/27/11 at 8:26 pm to texashorn

Did you even read the links I posted? Of course you didn't. You dint want to discuss. You want to talk smugly like you know shite. But you don't.

Now STFU and go whine about it on shaggybevo

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Posted by StrickAggie06

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Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 10/27/11 at 9:05 pm to texashorn

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First you say that the vote in question was for equal revenue sharing contingent on granting media rights, then you say that your "NO" vote was against granting rights, not equal revenue.

Let me rephrase since you are too dense to understand. We were against granting our media rights to the conference, so because equal revenue sharing was contingent on granting our media rights to the conference we voted against it. The implication is that we voted against equal revenue sharing, when in fact we were against granting our rights to the BigXII regardless of what desired provisions were attached to it.

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If A&M was all for equal revenue sharing and a strong conference, then why didn't they vote "YES" on this issue? Why were they afraid to grant the conference A&M's media rights? All it took was their single vote to lock in the Big 12 to equal revenue sharing to further strengthen the conference. Was it because they were leaving their options open to bail on the conference long before the summer, when it all blew up publicly?

We had no desire to grant our rights because it would trap us in the BigXII and our admin was not convinced that Texas would live up to their promises in regards to the LHN, # of games to be shown on it, and highschool content (which you didn't).

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And yes, I will trust reputable journalism sources

The media has been FAR from reputable throughout coverage of conference realignment, reporting things without all the facts one day, and then posting another story with more correct information after the fact. The fact that you place all your faith in these "reputable sources" is why you have absolutely no fricking idea what you're talking about.

So, for the last time, A&M was against granting its media rights to the conference and not equal revenue sharing. If you still can't understand this please do the world a favor and refrain from reproducing. The world has enough stupid people as it is.

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That is not completely true. Third tier rights are still reserved by the individual schools. To form an SEC Network similar to the Big Ten and Pac-12 networks, then each SEC school will have to grant their third-tier rights to the conference. That has yet to happen.

I was referring to Tier1/Tier2 rights only, as the issues regarding equal revenue sharing have only pertained to Tier1/Tier2 rights.