[God luvs America]

what has A&M done to deserve that amount of $$$???

then again I guess OSU and Mizzu have no recourse as they are screwed if the others defect....

[Sic Parvis Magna]

what has A&M done to deserve that amount of $$$???

Threaten to go to the SEC?

I am disappointed. I think the Pac16 would have been a great product: awesome tv deal from Fox (more money than espn is going to give), good football, good baseball, good basketball, and AWESOME cheerleaders (assuming A&M went to the SEC of course). The current product is much diminished, imho.

[Richard Kimball]

For one thing, A&M has a pretty fanatical fan base:

Beyond that, the SEC wants A&M cause they want to recruit in Texas.