re: New contract for Sark- $10million a year

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Texas follows A&M's lead. They followed us to the SEC and they overpaid their coach.

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Followed A&M? Harvey Schiller wanted Texas. We were the apple of his eye.

“We focused on Arkansas and South Carolina, and really wanted Texas,” Schiller told me earlier this month. “So, something interesting happened: The (Texas) state legislature came back to me and said, ‘If you take Texas, you have to take Texas A&M.’ The funny part about it is that A&M was sort of lukewarm at the time about coming in.”

Essentially the SEC has always wanted Texas, A&M was just to hold the conference over until Texas got there.

On the overpaying part: A&M gave their coach 100 million after finishing 3rd in their conference during a Covid season. Texas forked over cash after they won their conference and made the playoffs. We are not the same.