re: Foxsports looks into the LHN

CGSC,

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Actually, the A&M athletic department, circa 2006 owed $16 million, which was all paid off by 2010.

Lets not let facts get in the way of a good diarrhea spray

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Link that because we both know President Murano got canned because she asked for that money back from $Bill. Your boy McKinney then gave the worst, most unprofessional performance review in history and once again, Aggy is the joke of the conference.

You fired Fran in 2007, she asks for the money back in 2009 and then resigns that summer. But Aggy magically has it all paid back a year later after 3 years of no payment and your Big Money Alums in the same economic pain as everybody else?

Riiiiiggghhht!

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However, it's funny how you gloss over the fact that Byrne turned down a scenario where we paid half the operating cost for 30% or less of the profit.

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Any credible link to this claim?

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No manager in their right mind would accept that deal without a significant incentive.

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Those words will be quickly filed under the heading "sour grapes" in Austin, where the popular narrative involving A&M and the LHN is that the Aggies turned down the opportunity to be a part of the network themselves.

But Byrne hotly disputed that account, saying that before the Aggies had done the homework on whether they could make the financial commitment, the Longhorns had elected to move on without them.

"Once we did [the study], we said we'd be interested but they said it was too late," he said. "There's a rumor that I turned down $300 million. If anybody knows me, I wouldn't turn down $300 million."

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Translation: We fricked up. We didn't think it would be financially viable, so we said no.

Then, when Texas was offered $300 million, we decided, "yeah, we want some of that." Too bad, so sad, said Texas.

Kind of like when aggie scoffed at the worthless land in West Texas (the Permanent University Lands), then when oil was struck on land owned by The University of Texas, they then whined about wanting one-third of it.

Typical aggies, never changing...

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Actually, the A&M athletic department, circa 2006 owed $16 million, which was all paid off by 2010.

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This link says the first payments started in 2009, and with significant cutbacks within the A&M athletics department, you were on pace to pay it off in the originally agreed timeframe: 10 years.

So 2019?

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We’ve been cutting back on our expenses and generating new revenue,” Byrne said. “So we’re able to start paying the loan back. We’re right on track to do that.” Robert Gates, then A&M president and now the nation’s Secretary of Defense, came to Byrne in 2005 with the idea of a loan to be spread evenly over four years and paid back over 10, Byrne said. The situation came to light last week when A&M president Elsa Murano mentioned the loan as part of her annual review. The loan, which covers the fiscal years 2006-09, had not been reported by media but had been approved by A&M’s board of regents.

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CGSC,

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I remember having whiskey bottles thrown at me from the 3rd story of a parking garage while I was in uniform on the way to the 1996 game in Austin.

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That's a much more believable lie. It would be better if you had video ala this Aggy genius flinging poop.

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But again, since the '96 game was in Austin, you can make up a lie and it be somewhat believable.

what a pathetic thing to do. edefend his beloved horns an a site that has nothing to do with the big 12 and talking shite about a school that doesnt even consider his a rival

They're both lies.
Never happened.
Sip said so.

I know you've said that you are not a fan of the LHN, but I really like it.

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A&M has always been and will always be a rival.

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Still waiting for what part of my statement is a lie.

Think I might be waiting a while.