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Originally Posted by tredadda
Except the SEC has no penalty for leaving and the Big XII had to sign a 13 year GOR to ensure no one leaves.
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The SEC is a conference that has been around for decades, with relationships forged with much more than TV contract money. The B12 was put together with TV contracts in mind. Used to be that prenuptial agreements weren't necessary either until women started exploring their rights.
Have you ever thought that no GoR means that they feel the core group of schools is fully invested in one another, and any late comers just aren't much skin off their back whether they come or go? That would be you, the "little skin off their back".
The B!G also signs over their GoR, do they do it to ensure no one leaves as well? No, they do it for many of the same reasons we do it, in the face of conference uncertainty, networks are looking for more assurances that things won't go haywire once it is in effect. The GoR is more for their security than ours. That's not to say its not that as well, but you argument is simplistic.