Texas A&M on verge of making an SEC exchange
June 13, 2010 11:19 PM
Texas A&M has grown starry-eyed for the Southeastern Conference, an Aggies insider said Sunday, and A&M considers its overall athletic endeavors grander than the death of a conference rivalry game on Thanksgiving.
A&M's board of regents likely will meet late this week -- perhaps as soon as Thursday -- to decide the Aggies' sporting future, a person with knowledge of the situation said. And that future appears to be the SEC, as the powerful league to the east is prepared to lure A&M away from the clinging-to-hope Big 12, a proposed Pacific-10 affiliation and its storied league rivalry with Texas.
In taking all things into consideration, A&M's leadership is intrigued by playing in the nation's premier football conference, drawing big crowds to Kyle Field from SEC fan bases that tend to travel well, and a much bigger annual payout from the league, the insider said. The primary downside, of course, is breaking off of a nearly 100-year league affiliation with rival UT that features a nationally showcased football game every Thanksgiving.
chron.com
A&M's board of regents likely will meet late this week -- perhaps as soon as Thursday -- to decide the Aggies' sporting future, a person with knowledge of the situation said. And that future appears to be the SEC, as the powerful league to the east is prepared to lure A&M away from the clinging-to-hope Big 12, a proposed Pacific-10 affiliation and its storied league rivalry with Texas.
In taking all things into consideration, A&M's leadership is intrigued by playing in the nation's premier football conference, drawing big crowds to Kyle Field from SEC fan bases that tend to travel well, and a much bigger annual payout from the league, the insider said. The primary downside, of course, is breaking off of a nearly 100-year league affiliation with rival UT that features a nationally showcased football game every Thanksgiving.
chron.com
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