http://thesportseconomist.com/2012/12/18/texas-am-from-the-shadow-to-casting-the-shadow/ __economic thinking about sports__ Sat, 18 May 2013 01:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://thesportseconomist.com/2012/12/18/texas-am-from-the-shadow-to-casting-the-shadow/comment-page-1/#comment-3017 Edis Oliver Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:37:30 +0000 http://thesportseconomist.com/?p=4368#comment-3017 Yes, you are right. But what is little known is that Texas A&M has been looking forward to an excuse to move to the SEC for nearly 20 years. This disfunctionality of the SWC and later Big XII is only a small part of the story. Texas’ only role in this is to give Texas A&M the political cover to make the move. Texas A&M University is the largest research university in Texas, by far. It has 50,000 + students and the 7th largest endowment in the nation. It is located in the center of the 2nd largest state in the union by population, and first in the state of its economy. Texas A&M is not a Johnny-Come-Latetely; it has been a sleeping giant alright, but not for any longer. The SEC has given Texas A&M the national exposure it has long deserved. The Aggies have emerged as the power in Texas and it will remain that way for a long, long time, for a lot of reasons too numerous to list in this short post.

]]> http://thesportseconomist.com/2012/12/18/texas-am-from-the-shadow-to-casting-the-shadow/comment-page-1/#comment-3016 Benchmark Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:35:53 +0000 http://thesportseconomist.com/?p=4368#comment-3016 Good read

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