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well that's certainly a bad article.

Excellent critique, sir.

 

 

What a garbage article. I'm no Texas fan, but this idea that Texas came in and forced a bunch of change on these poor innocent Big 8 schools is a joke. The unequal revenue sharing that teams like aTm and Nebraska have made such a big deal over? They all voted for it. All the power brokers in the Big 8/Big 12 had the opportunity to install equal money distribution. But guess what. Schools like aTm and Nebraska didn't want to share. They knew they would be bringing home the serious loot, and they wanted to keep it for themselves. (KU was also against it. They make a nice chunk off tier 3 hoops rights, and they didn't want to share.) 15 years later, two of these schools are the biggest whiners about the deal THEY pushed for and are leaving the conference.

 

All 12 schools also voted to have a watered down, powerless commissioner. Can't bitch about Beebe (and what changes he's capable of effecting) when he's the monster YOU created.

 

Kevin Weiberg approached the Big 12 about having a dedicated network. The schools all passed. Weiberg quit as Big 12 commish and sold the idea to the Big 10. Once again, all 12 schools shoot themselves in the foot.

 

UT approached aTm about being a partner in the LHN a while back. aTm passed. UT got the nerve to go it alone, and look what happened. They got a ton of money out of it. Now aTm has their panties in a wad over it.

 

Texas is and always has been one vote in the Big 12. They got control because the original Big 8 never nutted up and stood up to them. As a result, the power shifted south. The money shifted south. And the cracked foundation for this dying conference was irreparably laid. Texas carries a lot of blame. But so do all the other schools.

 

lol, did you actually want to talk about the weather or were you just making chit-chat?

 

im confused by what this means

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UT approached aTm about being a partner in the LHN a while back. aTm passed. UT got the nerve to go it alone, and look what happened. They got a ton of money out of it. Now aTm has their panties in a wad over it.

Not exactly accurate. Texas wanted a 70/30 split and control of the network.

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And again, we said OK to them having the network. It's what they have decided to do with it (which is NOT what was agreed to) that has caused issues and made us look to the SEC. I'm not sure how many more times I can point this out.
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Thought about buying a last-minute ticket from Chicago to Tallahassee for the game this weekend. I was going to leave on Saturday AM, tailgate, go to the game, go out afterwards, and head to the airport for a return ticket home early Sunday AM - and just hope I could get a ticket for around $100 or so.

 

Saw the airfare come to $1,673, and decided that I'm better off buying the new TV we were considering. Ouch.

 

What in God's name made you think you could buy an airplane ticket the week of your flight for $100?

I assume he meant a game ticket for $100.

 

Bingo.

 

Fly to Panama City on Southwest and drive the 2 hours to Tally. Much cheaper usually.

 

Down to $800. We're getting in range, but still a bit off.

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Texas, aTm, Nebraska, and OU have shaped the conferences rules from the start, and they're the ones who pushed for inequitable revenue sharing so they could get a larger piece at the expense of the rest of the conference. First Nebraska threw a fit over the inequal revenue sharing(irony! POWER!) and left, now aTm is mad that the rules they agreed to favor Texas more than they do them(but still more than the other 6 schools), plus UT and OU are leading the way in looking elsewhere. I'm not really much of a fan of Kevin Keitzman(KC radio guy), but he had it right the other day when he said they're all a bunch of fools and idiots.
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Down to $800. We're getting in range, but still a bit off.

 

Man, that free market thing sucks when it isn't you getting to rape people over health insurance, huh?

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Down to $800. We're getting in range, but still a bit off.

 

Man, that free market thing sucks when it isn't you getting to rape people over health insurance, huh?

Please confine these comments where they belong.

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This LSU/Miss St game is either a great defensive slugfest or a craptastic exhibition of offensive play depending on one's view.
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http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/los_bastardos20/missstate_01.jpg

could've been worse. She could have forgotten the O

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