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Originally Posted by mac222b
i understand your point but mine didn't pertain to the Big XII only. it's just strange to me. maybe "accountability" is a better word than loyalty. i mean these teams are in a conference together. they all quite literally share in one another's success' and failures. the AD's and Presidents all know one another. so it's weird that teams can just say "see ya!" with no repercussions leaving the other universities and former "partners" scrambling to adjust.
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You're right about the teams sharing in success and failure to some extent. But it's not like the exiting teams can just up and leave immediately. They have to live out the contract through the 2011-2012, at which point their "accountability" to the other teams is over. I think that satisfies what you're talking about--they shouldn't be expected to commit to longer than the contract specifies.
The only way they can leave earlier is with a supermajority vote of 9/12 current teams, which would mean that the vast majority of the conference supports disbanding immediately. At that point, accountability is obviously a nonissue.