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Aside from that it seems obvious Texas intents was to use this frayed Big 12 to get the LHN up and running and then bolt to be independent when it started raining down money. They over played their hand and now you have this complete mess. Why, with all the success the Big 12 have had are all these teams bolting? Pinkel said it best...this league has problems and everyone knows what they are. LHN network has the ability to skew all kinds of advantages towards Texas...and that is fine this is a free market. They have the right to do that but those other teams also have a right to call bullshit and try to form a conference situation that works for everyone and isn't completely toxic because the greed of Texas made it that way. This whole thread you keep asking why this and why that...why would people leave the Big 12? Why not. |
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So I take it there has been no new news?
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[QUOTE=eazyb81;7961560]Right, because they are trying to promote UT over the Big 12, which is driving the wedge here. Why didn't OSU or Michigan feel the need to say "no thanks" to a Big Ten Network and start a school-specific one? Why have other conferences said LHN simply would not be allowed if UT came knocking?
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MU doesn't compete for the same recruits UT does. There is no real recruiting advantage the LHN ensures over MU that UT didn't already possess. I'm not saying Texas isn't a headache to deal with, they obviously are. I just think this LHN issue has been blown way out of proportion. I think this is an opportunity for MU to play like one of the big dogs. I just don't know if they know the new kennel they want to run to isn't going to make them one of the runts again, even more so than they ever were in this conference.
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Yes, but that's because the state of Texas produces more talent than any one school (or even 7) in the state can legally take. UT gets who they want and wants them. If a recruit didn't want UT in the first place, the LHN isn't going to change their mind because they showed some high school highlights. The only recruits Texas loses are the ones that didn't want them or weren't ranked high enough for Texas to want. That won't change, LHN or no.
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Guess not...
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That is fine...Texas is free to do that because they can. But if Missouri can avoid being a part of that mess they will. |
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At this point, the situation is not at all complicated: if Missouri can leave, they should. Period.
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Why can't we have a mature conversation about this? Has anything I have discussed with you really been a pout? What is it about sport's fans mentalities that unless you reduce someone else to a cartoon of their position, you can't make a thoughtful point? I thought we were having a decent conversation until this point.
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You can't have both. If Missouri has a chance to go to a more stable and profitable conference then it would be silly not to. If we are forced to stay and put all of this humpty dumpty conference back together again then so be it but if we have the chance to move on up in the world we would be stupid not to. |
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