I have to post one more thought today. I'm disappointed there wasn't a widespread re-alignment of colleges in the various football conferences. I like it when things get mixed up, and to have the brakes get put on kind of lets me down. I'm not an Aggie or Tea Sipper, so I really have no dog in this hunt, so I guess I shouldn't care. But I did like the idea of it all.
What is interesting is folks are crying foul, first about the potential move of several teams, now about UT staying with the former Big 12. They cry, "it's all about the money." Well, duh. Isn't it always? When isn't it about the money? I mean, it takes money to make these programs run, doesn't it? Is it supposed to be a bad thing to make the choice that gets a school the most money? Seems like that is the job of the administration, and the athletic director. These folks ought to wake up and smell the coffee. Football is what makes the money, and football pays for all the nonsense other sports that only the parents of the athletes care about. Without the payola there would be no badmitten, or lacrosse or whatever else. So instead of complaining, these folks ought to be saying thank you.
And besides, who wouldn't take the money? I am pretty certain that folks who say, in that snide voice "they" always take, "it's all about the money," when confronted with a potential pile of cash would do what ever it takes to get the payoff. Jealousy, I suppose.
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