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without it ever going to a
vote.
“Had we been able to do

that none of the schools
probably would of had a
chance to leave because a
significant amount of their
rights would have been with
the conference,” he said.
Now that the Big 12 has
moved to implement the
ideas Beebe had pushed for
in the past, he said it’s
“bittersweet.”
“It’s sweet because
hopefully it will be what
binds this conference
together and I have a great
love for the conference,”
he said. “But it’s bitter
because had we taken
these actions previously we
may have been able to
avoid the problems that
have occurred.”
Beebe also said he was
disappointed to find out
Texas A&M already had
been working toward a
move to the SEC before he
was allowed to address the
Aggies’ concerns about
Texas’ Longhorn Network.
A&M officials were upset
about plans for high school
games to be aired on the
Longhorn Network, a plan
that ended up being
scrapped.
“I found out later that there
had been a meeting
between Texas A&M
officials and SEC officials
prior to us having the ability
to address (the Aggies’)
grievances,” he said.
“I think the conference
decisions that were made
by the members as a whole
ended up being a place that
addressed many of their
grievances. Maybe not
perfectly, but more to their
favor than not.”
In the summer of 2010, the