Are conspiracy theories worth considering?

[rumsearch]

If so,
Per the SEC Constitution, 2/3 members can suspend or revoke membership of another school. Don't see anything in the Consitution or Bylaws about charter member privaleges. If the conference wants to upgrade without enlarging, replacing the weakest with someone stronger will do it. Ever check out SEC on Wikipedia? Multiple lists with MSU dead last. It's tough to run to SEC quality teams with a statepopulation base of 2.6M or so. Supporting one SEC qualtiy school on 2.6M is right in the ballpark. But the problem with the team from MS that's not on the bottom of many lists is that it has an image problem for a progressive politically correct future. So, several conference members craft a deal with the other MS school --replace your outdated mascot and nickname with something innocuous.Give it a few years and with (cowbells, perhaps?) or without a reason we'll vote with you to make you THE team from Ms and your fans will decide it was worth changingnames and mascots forthe chance to remain in THE conference. Get MSU out and Vanderbilt becomes the SEC team with worst winning percentagein the league but at least a team like Texas won't consider their academic reputation stained by associating with them.

Just saying.

 

[rumsearch]

If so,
Per the SEC Constitution, 2/3 members can suspend or revoke membership of another school. Don't see anything in the Consitution or Bylaws about charter member privaleges. If the conference wants to upgrade without enlarging, replacing the weakest with someone stronger will do it. Ever check out SEC on Wikipedia? Multiple lists with MSU dead last. It's tough to run to SEC quality teams with a statepopulation base of 2.6M or so. Supporting one SEC qualtiy school on 2.6M is right in the ballpark. But the problem with the team from MS that's not on the bottom of many lists is that it has an image problem for a progressive politically correct future. So, several conference members craft a deal with the other MS school --replace your outdated mascot and nickname with something innocuous.Give it a few years and with (cowbells, perhaps?) or without a reason we'll vote with you to make you THE team from Ms and your fans will decide it was worth changingnames and mascots forthe chance to remain in THE conference. Get MSU out and Vanderbilt becomes the SEC team with worst winning percentagein the league but at least a team like Texas won't consider their academic reputation stained by associating with them.

Just saying.

 

[BehrDawg]

When are you people going to realize we aren't leaving the SEC. It'll never happen.

 

[dawgstudent]

don't get me wrong - I would want State to win but going up to Starkville to watch us play the likes of East Carolina and Tulsa isn't as enticing as watching us play LSU, Alabama, or Auburn.

 

[rumsearch]

What prevents 8 other schools from taking an action that is in their interest and not ours?

 

[dawgstudent]

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[patdog]

But I can promise you that is not even a consideration for anyone to be voted out of the league. You're making a huge stretch to try to link two things together that don't even remotely have anything to do with each other. And frankly, as someone else already posted, you have WAY too much time on your hands (not to mention an extremely overactive imagination).

 

[patdog]

and they just say that any school can be kicked out with a vote of 8 of the 11 other schools. It won't ever happen, but technically it's possible.

 

[rumsearch]

In the documents posted there is nothing about charter members. I hope I missed it- where in the conf constitution and bypass does this charter member no kickout provision exist. I hope it does-where is it?

 

[dawgstudent]

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[dawgstudent]

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[rumsearch]

These AL folks I live with, both AU and AL, think little of MSU and if they can "improve" themselves at our expense don't count on support. Anyone from other conf states think those fans will lose to much sleep over trading us for someone else.

 

[patdog]

Looks like you may have to start purging and IP blocking early.

 

[patdog]

I can't help the fact you live with dubmasses (although it really doesn't surprise me that you do), but I can assure you that there's no sentiment from anyone in the administration of either Bama or Auburn to get rid of MSU. It's not even a consideration.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[TUSK.sixpack]

If the SEC booted vandy or one of the MS schools, who would the confence invite to replace them?

Ga Tech is a lateral move for Vandy, and I can't see a net gain "doormat wise" with anyone else...

 

[patdog]

nm

 

[rumsearch]

Quick to the insults. I've had occasion to meet w/al and AU admin. For all extents and purposes, MSU is a non-entity other than a scheduled win. Is that enough reason to keep us?

 

[AFDawg]

nm

 

[BehrDawg]

Out of this. DS, I bet you could check this douche bags IP address and find another troll.

What did UA and AU say a couple years ago when we thumped both their asses? Why wouldn't UA want to get rid of the bears over us? Afterall, the bears never beat them. What about Basketball? We are always beating folks. What about the history of our baseball team?

Pull your thumb outta your ***. We will NEVER leave the SEC unless it is our decision.

 

[GoodBourbon]

A conference full of elite teams sounds great in theory, but in the real world it would have problems. How likely would it be that a SEC teamcould remain atop the BCS standings ifevery confgame was against a team that could easily beat you? The parity would create the perception of teams that are worse than they actually are. The SEC needs the "bottom feeders" to maintain its elite status and ensure the continued revenue stream. It would be similar to SEC Westbasketball where a marginal conf record wins the division becauseanybody can win on any given night. Now maybe we all suck, but thepoor confrecord for the winneris due to parity and that's somethingthe SEC doesn'tneed in football.

 

[FISHDAWG]

why would the other schools want to eliminate a "soft-spot" in their sec schedules to begin with ???

 

[Sutterkane]

If anything because if they voted us out, that means one of them would be next on the chopping block.

The only school I can ever think of getting voted out of a league is Temple...and let's face it...as bad as we've been in football we have not been close to that bad.