re: Why do people think Alabama would let Texas act like they run the SEC if they got in.

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Ohio State and Notre Dame are the only programs in the country that could go toe-to-toe with Alabama in terms of influence as members of the SEC. Texas/OU, while behemoths, just don't have "it.“

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Not really. Notre Dame has a large, wealthy alumni base, but probably a more diverse background when it comes to how they donate their money. In other words while many donate to athletics/football they are more likely to care about the academics and university as a whole. Bama alum with deep pockets only care to spend on football and Donald’s 2024 campaign. OSU probably somewhere in between the two.

If large, wealthy alumni bases were the end all be all then Texas should have dominated the Big12 and Stanford should be running the Pac12.