They knew TAMU just had a good season finishing 3rd nationally and were getting ready to have another good season, maybe a great one. If they did not push for inclusion now with their lap dog OU and the ESPN sips working there, they would really be in the hole. Their football has sucked for a decade and will likely continue with their new coaches also. The NIL brings a whole new variable as well for the athletes benefitting will be hard to manage for all programs. There will be violations and I can assure the sips will be at the top of it.
If Sankey did not keep all informed of the early considerations, then he is a person without integrity or honor. He must go and soon. If he stays, he is the kind, like some of the Dems in office now, writing policies that benefit only a few. The smaller schools will certainly be damaged by this and will never have a chance to win the big prize in football. It is all about recruiting and paying the coaches good salaries. Those with the most funds will benefit.
If one just pauses and looks at the history of TU and the AGs over the past 120 years the battle has been rough between the two. In spite of the obvious advantages the sips have had with the legislature the Aggies have risen to the top in many academic and athletic areas. Just look at the facts. The programs, research, student performance, business community accolades, facilities, the campus and now 70,000 plus students, etc. TAMU has succeeded in spite of the bias for 120 years.
If Sankey did not keep all informed of the early considerations, then he is a person without integrity or honor. He must go and soon. If he stays, he is the kind, like some of the Dems in office now, writing policies that benefit only a few. The smaller schools will certainly be damaged by this and will never have a chance to win the big prize in football. It is all about recruiting and paying the coaches good salaries. Those with the most funds will benefit.
If one just pauses and looks at the history of TU and the AGs over the past 120 years the battle has been rough between the two. In spite of the obvious advantages the sips have had with the legislature the Aggies have risen to the top in many academic and athletic areas. Just look at the facts. The programs, research, student performance, business community accolades, facilities, the campus and now 70,000 plus students, etc. TAMU has succeeded in spite of the bias for 120 years.