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To: Students, Faculty and Staff
Due to the tremendous amount of interest surrounding the ongoing discussions about Texas A&M's athletic conference affiliation, I am devoting my weekly email to this one topic. As I have said repeatedly, this matter is extremely important to the future of our great university. With that in mind, please be assured that we are working diligently to get this highly complex matter resolved as quickly as possible. If you aren't already aware, the following is a copy of the statement I released earlier today regarding Texas A&M's conditional acceptance into the Southeastern Conference last night:
"We are certainly pleased with the action taken last night by the presidents and chancellors of the Southeastern Conference to unanimously accept Texas A&M as the league's 13th member. However, this acceptance is conditional, and we are disappointed in the threats made by one of the Big 12 member institutions to coerce Texas A&M into staying in the Big 12 Conference. These actions go against the commitment that was made by this university and the Big 12 on Sept. 2. We are working diligently to resolve any and all issues as outlined by the SEC."
We are approaching these deliberations with the utmost respect for all of the Big 12 member institutions, and I strongly encourage you to do the same as well. As always, I will continue to keep the Texas A&M community informed as soon as there are any significant developments with the SEC and/or other conference-related discussions.
I apologize for the brevity of this week's campus update, which is unavoidable due to the intense conference alignment discussions, as well as dealing with other matters affecting the university.
Thank you for your continued support and patience as we work to reach a timely resolution to this critical issue.
Until next week, Gig 'em Aggies.
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