re: Political forces of Baylor and Texas Tech have taken action, first Bill filed already

Texas has a lot of power but they have already screwed over SMU, Rice, and UH and now they are screwing Tech, TCU, and Baylor while A&M sure as hell is opposed as well. That's 7 schools and a LOT of bad blood.

Baylor has always had surprising power, that's how they got in the B12 and they tried like hell to stop A&M to the SEC. The key moment was Dodds saying that as long as Texas stayed the B12 would survive.

Now Texas wants to say FU to everyone. BTW, it's not necessarily about this bill actually passing so much as making Texas pause and fear consequences. The nuclear weapon is that they get 2/3rds of the Permanent University Fund while A&M gets 1/3rd. Tech and UH and the other Publics have wanted a piece of that extra 1/3rd Texas has for decades but A&M has stood with Texas to stop it. That's why Texas has a $31 Billion Endowment and A&M is $13 Billlion. It's probably a $10 Billion swing, the equivalent of most of the SEC schools combined. Enough to completely change the landscape for several schools.

That's why Texas needs to be careful, that PUF money is the biggest source of their power and influence and it has never really been threatened, only lightly discussed. This is the kind of thing that could change that. It's also a reason why Texas will only go so far in messing with A&M. No doubt they could cause us tremendous pain as well but the PUF is the nuclear option.