SEC inherited an eternal headache when it brought on Texas A&M

[TuxedoYoda]

Since Texas A&M is 100% incapable of winning national titles or attaining top 5 finishes, all there is left to do is complain.

In the Big 12, Texas A&M voted for schools to control their own 3rd tier rights ( and heard Texas talk about starting its own network for the better part of a decade) and then bitched to no end about the LHN. A&M also voted for the Big 12's unequal revenue distribution model based on national TV appearances and then blamed unequal revenue sharing for making the Big12 unstable and said this instability is why it needed to leave. Texas A&M would rather bitch, bitch, bitch than be held accountable for its own actions.

I kept telling SEC fans that A&M would begin bitching non-stop about SEC rules and regulations (that A&M had supposedly vetted thoroughly before accepting the SEC invite).

It has begun......

http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/0...landing_big12.html?blockID=664018&feedID=3585

Some of the same students who cheered so vigorously for Texas A&M to join the Southeastern Conference could be cheering from further away because of the move.

SEC policy does not permit student seating behind the visiting team's benches. Texas A&M's student senate passed a bill Wednesday night voicing displeasure with the SEC's policy, according to a report in The Battalion, the student newspaper.

The bill stated that "any reduction of student section seating … is detrimental to the 'traditions and pageantry the 12th Man brings to Kyle Field.'"

The SEC rules require that the first 25 rows of seats behind the opponent's bench, between the 30-yard lines, cannot be occupied by students. That area at Kyle Field has not only included student seating but also Texas A&M's marching band.

As part of Texas A&M's revered 12th Man tradition, students stand throughout the game in a show of readiness to join the team on the field if called upon. If A&M follows SEC policy, that call will have to be made long-distance.

"Our first reaction was, 'This is not good.' We were upset," student body president Jeff Pickering told The Battalion. "I asked people to start thinking of scenarios for, 'If we have to adapt, how can we adapt?'"

 

[NAHSTE]

Who cares if they bitch? Alabama rules through its shadow govt. in Birmingham with an iron fist. If the Aggies don't get in line, they will be crushed. They can bitch all they want, it will only make it worse on them.

 

[Swarley]

As part of Texas A&M's revered 12th Man tradition, students stand throughout the game

I lol'd at this. What student section in college sports doesn't stand?

 

[BrntO4Life]

I lol'd at this. What student section in college sports doesn't stand?

Go to an A&M game. The only real comparison is a Hitler Youth Rally.

 

[KNUBB]

The difference is they come in as the little brother until they prove themselves. So their bitching will be ignored and even after they have proved themselves they will still bitch upon deaf ears

 

[Atlas]

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/34786569

look what could have been... instead you get whiny ass A&M and poopdick Mizzou...

 

[tigga334]

im sorry but what does WVU bring to the sec. Morgantown is a small town. WVU doesn't bring a major tv market and football wise they just can not compete in the sec. You guys are were you belong. A conference that you have a shot at finishing above .500 on yearly basis.

 

[Atlas]

im sorry but what does WVU bring to the sec. Morgantown is a small town. WVU doesn't bring a major tv market and football wise they just can not compete in the sec. You guys are were you belong. A conference that you have a shot at finishing above .500 on yearly basis.

we draw a larger portion of the Pitt market than Pitt does, so theres that... not to mention the 2 million or so people in the entire state that tune in to watch WVU (as well as our large fan bases in DC, FL and throughout VA)... Mizzou doesnt bring in the STL or KC market, as both of those are pro sports towns (STL roots for the Illini in CBB and KC for KU), and College Station isnt exactly a metropolis either... and i think they would do well in the SEC, they wouldnt finish in the top 3 every year, but im sure they would make it to the SEC CG every now and then (especially in the weak east)... 3-0 in BCS games in the last seven years, one of three programs to win at least 9 games each season for the past 7 seasons, etc, etc, etc.... i think we will be fine in the B12... although i do wish we were going to the ACC, so we could win that shitbrick conference every year too... :lesmug:

 

[NAHSTE]

For what it's worth I would much rather have West Virginia than Mizzou, especially since Mizzou got thrown in the East. For many reasons, WVU is a better logistical option.

 

[tigga334]

I'll admit wvu has been good this past 10 years or so but that coincides with the departure of the only true football power the big east has ever had (Miami) excluding the cuse in the late 90s. Please show me the evidence that wvu carries the Pittsburgh market

 

[Atlas]

I'll admit wvu has been good this past 10 years or so but that coincides with the departure of the only true football power the big east has ever had (Miami) excluding the cuse in the late 90s. Please show me the evidence that wvu carries the Pittsburgh market

only things that i can find now are that Nielsen Media Research lists WVU as the biggest part of the Pittsburgh market (and they beat out UMD for DC) and that they draw an average rating of 2.6 per game (which leads the BE by .5 and is fairly impressive considering the teams they play, Louisville was second at 2.1)... these are all things Neinas cited when he brought in WVU over UL or Cincy...

TV sets are not the be all, end all, and they shouldnt be, b/c by that logic, Rutgers and UConn should be in a better conference, as they both have access to 10 million+ TV sets...