Missouri signed an agreement to be in a 12 team conference that included Colorado, Nebraska, and Texas A&M. The conference has not delivered, and Missouri wants out.

You got that contract handy?

And then Missouri reaffirmed it's membership in the conference after NU and CU left, happily taking it's portion of the exit fees.

Again - this didn't actually happen. The meetings after Colorado and Nebraska left led to a lot of non-binding crap and hippy handholding sessions where everyone said they'd agree to get along in the future and explore things as necessary.

In fact, my understanding is that the exit fees haven't been paid yet, either.

There is no new 'membership' contract. The by-laws remain the same. The potential fees and arguments w/ them remain the same.

No doubt. The LHN needs to just keep limping along for the next decade and then maybe the IIX will stabilize.

If it takes off or implodes, the IIX will collapse behind it for the reasons you've suggested.

Again - it's just not a good place to be unless your alternative is the Big East.

That would be an excellent point if any part of it were true.

It reaffirmed it is affiliation after Colorado and Nebraska moved out. Your only gripe is A&M.

I wanted Missouri to stay because of traditional rivalries and geography, but I have moved past that point. IMHO Louisville is an excellent replacement.

The holdup between the Big 12 and Missouri is next years schedule. Our tv contract stipulates a ten team league as well the scheduling difficulties to add another game for the 2012 season.

As soon as those issues are resolved, I am sure Mizzou will be on to the SEC and the big 12 will ad a Louisville, BYU, or WVU. My preference is in that order.

But, don't act like the big 12 is holding you hostage. If there was so much resentment, you should have bolted last year. Except, you didn't have a landing spot with the big 10 and you are not strong enough pull to go to the SEC by yourself, you needed A&M which forced the SEC to get to 14 teams.

I am honest with my prospects on KU and KSU, if this thing blew up, KU had a small chance at the PAC, but more realistically both would have headed to the big east. I am happy the big 12 is still around and looking to add more teams.

ROFL

Just keep tooting that horn....maybe someone, somewhere will believe you that will be the reason you'll get out of exit fees.

This is so funny coming from a Mizzou fan, the irony.

Didn't Eazyb1 document that Mizzou had won the most confederate flags per capita award just last week?

Your intelligence level keeps falling in this thread.

You should stop.

Or like MU..... leave like a bitch.

They are going to be really good once they get some money from them southern boys, and steal all their recruits.

Honest question to Mizzou fans, do you have an invite if A&M doesn't leave the big 12?

Lets just say, you wanted to be the catalyst after hearing Texas flirt with the Pac and A&M was content following Texas, but they both decided to stay in the big 12, so no race to get to 16.

Honest question to Mizzou fans, do you have an invite if A&M doesn't leave the big 12?

Lets just say, you wanted to be the catalyst after hearing Texas flirt with the Pac and A&M was content following Texas, but they both decided to stay in the big 12, so no race to get to 16.

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You want to place a wager on what the exit fees will be? I'll take under $10,000,000. You can have the over.