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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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It'll take 3 schools to turn the trick, but they could pull it off. |
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#6962 | |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Who knows?
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#6963 | |
Rock Chalk Jayhawks! KU!!!
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Most of us really dont give two shits about it. Most of it is made up fabrication by people here.. |
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#6964 | |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West of the Equator
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#6965 |
PermaBanned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jouissance
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Not that this is the driving factor because it's not, but you do realize that the combined academic standing of the conference has taken a serious hit with the departures of Colorado, A&M, and Missouri?
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#6966 |
You may think you know...
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: California
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There is no way for any of us to know what the final figure could be in the SEC. We don't have to say the final figure for Mizzou because in THAT conference, they share equally...what a concept? Once the SEC Network gets going, all bets are off. The conference will print money. The Big 10 Network has been good to the BIG, but the SEC Network will be even bigger.
For the Mizzou fans who are wishing to stay put...it's based on nothing but wishful thinking and fond memories of a conference that no longer exists. The Big 8 was terrific. The Big Tex conference sucks and has sucked since Texas took over. Anybody in KC who can't see that it was freaking Texas that moved the tournament the first time, moved the conference offices, etc. It's all Texas. Anybody who could leve the Big 12 either has or will in the not too distant future. Texas sucks! |
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#6967 | |
The Insider
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lake of the Ozarks
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#6968 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: St. Louis :(
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And I agree that we're probably past the point of no return. I'm just concerned that we're leaving for a conference that isn't a great fit. The strength and viability of the SEC is encouraging, but that's no guarantee that it will be a successful move. |
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#6969 |
Mahomes > God
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Clinton, MO
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Can't wait to see what excuses the hypocrite media comes up with when TCU and WVU come into the Big XII and get smashed...look at the ****ing cupcake conferences they've been playing in.
I'm just glad this shit is almost done so EVERYONE can move on. Just hope we don't have to wait until 2013 to move to the SEC. |
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#6970 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Just to clarify. It looks like in 2010 MU made a profit on football of $11,618,417 - adding your estimates to it.... You expect MU football to jump from $11 million to $41-$51 million? For the record, $41 million would put you ahead of Alabama, Tennessee, & Auburn in the SEC. $51 million would make you the 2nd most profitable program in the SEC behind Georgia. |
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#6971 |
PermaBanned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Jouissance
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#6972 | |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Who knows?
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Really. All kidding aside, all that I want is good sports. That goes for over 95% of the country. I still have yet to figure out what academics or money have to do with any of this when it comes to the fans. It's not putting a single penny into any of our pockets. |
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#6973 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Here's something that I think is kinda strange, and it's a point I made last season during the B1G thing:
Why does everyone keep saying "it's all about moneyA" without acknowledging where that money goes and what it's used for? You're absolutely right that it's all about money - but here's the thing: General revenue cannot be used for athletic programs (well, not above a certain nominal threshold). If you're Missouri and you want to upgrade your facilities, it has to be done through private donors or revenue generated by the programs themselves. So yeah, of course this is about money. But why don't we say what the true end game is? It's about larger facilities. It's about upgraded amenities. It's about new and improved athletics complexes and additional exposure. It's not about increasing profit. It's not about downsizing staff. It's about improving the University of Missouri. It's about trying to give us an advantage in an environment where there are precious few places you can actually gain a competitive advantage if the geography doesn't allow for it. So yeah - keep on calling it a money grab if it makes you feel better. But that's simply ignoring the fact that money means something very very different for a major university than it does for a Fortune 500 company or a private individual. It means the ability to elevate the school. |
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#6974 |
You may think you know...
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: California
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DeezNutz, do you think anybody on here cares about conference academic standing? BTW, nice move to leave the Bugeaters off the brain list. They got kicked out of the AAU at just the right time. If it had happened a year earlier, they would have never been invited to join the BIG. As it is, they are the "Cousin Eddie" (Vacation movies ref) of the BIG.
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#6975 |
The Illuminati
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: the road less traveled
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ku fans would not admit they were butthurt if they were demoted to D2. I don't think even the most delusional Mizzou fan expected ku fans to bow down and admit how pissed they are that we left for the best conference.
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