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Originally Posted by alnorth
http://www.big12sports.com/fls/10410...ook/Bylaws.pdf
The bylaws are the bylaws, you can't wave your hands at them and claim they no longer mean anything, and they most certainly DO specify the penalty for leaving without adequate notice. The Big 12 merely made a business decision that it was better to waive part of the penalty in the past. I don't know for sure that they wouldn't do that with MU too, obviously, but the Big 12 commissioner is talking like, in a sharp contrast to the past 3 schools, that Mizzou will be held to the full penalty.
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It doesn't work that way. Once you set the market, its extremely difficult to get the horses back into the barn. Given that MU signed onto a 12 team league that is missing 25% of the original signees, and its extremely unlikely that they will be able to collect anywhere near $25 million.