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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129567850" data-attributes="member: 1428007">When has anyone done an FOI request on public SEC schools about a grant of rights?&nbsp; or the Big Ten? or the ACC?&nbsp; or the Pac 12?&nbsp; Haven't ever seen anyone on a message board, or in the media even remotely concerned or interested in any of those or trying to get such documents.&nbsp; Only the BIG 12s gor is ever questioned or searched for.But people just claim they don't exist for the SEC.&nbsp; Could be, but doesn't seem like smart business based on the enormous investment ESPN has placed on the success and stability of those schools being there through the mid 2030's at least.People also love to say &quot;these two conferences are the most stable&quot; yet no one is trying to leave any P5 conference. Every conference including the Big Ten and SEC have disgruntled schools and fanbases for one reason or another.&nbsp; Not sure what makes one stable and the other not.Unconnected people SAY &quot;Oklahoma is trying to leave the BIG 12&quot;!&nbsp; But Oklahoma says &quot;We have no plans to leave the BIG 12, are trying to strengthen the conference and are not even speculating about it&quot;.&nbsp; That doesn't make the BIG 12 unstable. Similarly people saying &quot;the SEC and Big Ten can just take who they want when they want&quot; doesn't make the ACC or BIG 12 vulnerable to those conferences, because if no one wants to leave the ACC or BIG 12 there is nothing anyone can do about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129567850, member: 1428007"] When has anyone done an FOI request on public SEC schools about a grant of rights? or the Big Ten? or the ACC? or the Pac 12? Haven't ever seen anyone on a message board, or in the media even remotely concerned or interested in any of those or trying to get such documents. Only the BIG 12s gor is ever questioned or searched for. But people just claim they don't exist for the SEC. Could be, but doesn't seem like smart business based on the enormous investment ESPN has placed on the success and stability of those schools being there through the mid 2030's at least. People also love to say "these two conferences are the most stable" yet no one is trying to leave any P5 conference. Every conference including the Big Ten and SEC have disgruntled schools and fanbases for one reason or another. Not sure what makes one stable and the other not. Unconnected people SAY "Oklahoma is trying to leave the BIG 12"! But Oklahoma says "We have no plans to leave the BIG 12, are trying to strengthen the conference and are not even speculating about it". That doesn't make the BIG 12 unstable. Similarly people saying "the SEC and Big Ten can just take who they want when they want" doesn't make the ACC or BIG 12 vulnerable to those conferences, because if no one wants to leave the ACC or BIG 12 there is nothing anyone can do about it. [/QUOTE]

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