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I was talking with some "in the know" Big 12 people this week, and the conversation took an interesting turn.We all wondered how long it would take these lesser programs to be truly "accepted" as peers in the conference. The most popular answer was "never," and many wondered if we should ever extend full membership rights to them.What do you guys think?
#1B12that said, probably not. and that's because i'll look at them as temporary placeholders whose job it is to pretend to be a big 12 team for a few years until the next round of realignment occurs.we grew up with our member schools like siblings. the new schools would be like step bros and step sisters (no offense to step bros and step sisters, which i have both of in my family).
Quote from: pissclams on July 29, 2016, 01:47:37 AM#1B12that said, probably not. and that's because i'll look at them as temporary placeholders whose job it is to pretend to be a big 12 team for a few years until the next round of realignment occurs.we grew up with our member schools like siblings. the new schools would be like step bros and step sisters (no offense to step bros and step sisters, which i have both of in my family).That's probably why I have no problem accepting them. I come from a very large family, and between new marriages and divorces, there is always someone new coming along. I just take them as part of the family at that point in time. It doesn't mean I immediately like every one of them, but they are part of the family regardless of my personal opinion of them.
Quote from: Canary on July 29, 2016, 08:04:49 AMQuote from: pissclams on July 29, 2016, 01:47:37 AM#1B12that said, probably not. and that's because i'll look at them as temporary placeholders whose job it is to pretend to be a big 12 team for a few years until the next round of realignment occurs.we grew up with our member schools like siblings. the new schools would be like step bros and step sisters (no offense to step bros and step sisters, which i have both of in my family).That's probably why I have no problem accepting them. I come from a very large family, and between new marriages and divorces, there is always someone new coming along. I just take them as part of the family at that point in time. It doesn't mean I immediately like every one of them, but they are part of the family regardless of my personal opinion of them.Yeah but this isn't like that at all. It's just a sports conference so you're allowed to not accept the ever living guts out of whoever you want.
These school are like the hoodrats you run through and never tell your friends about.