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<\/figure>\n The 14-team Southeastern Conference has yet one more yr on the open circuit. The baker\u2019s dozen plus one variety of full-time members lasted 12 years, when Texas A&M and Missouri departed the Big 12 for the SEC. Old habits are onerous to interrupt and as an alternative of poaching colleges that already felt like outsiders in their very own convention, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey oversaw the inclusion of the Big 12\u2019s two strongest manufacturers<\/a><\/span>, Texas and Oklahoma, to convey his league to 16 groups beginning in 2024. <\/p>\n That\u2019s proper, as an alternative of ready 4 years like initially agreed upon two summers in the past, the Sooners and Longhorns will come to the SEC subsequent yr. That\u2019s so fast, however actually, who anticipated them to remain in a league with secondary firepower? These strikes are all about soccer and have a look at the nationwide championship sport for proof should you doubt how a lot additional forward of the Big 12 the SEC at present is. And that distance is probably going solely to develop. Nothing says the long-term well being of a convention in its largest sport to have 4 additions and none come from different Power Five Conferences. Do you know the way badly you have to need out of a convention to forego $50 million every? With the SEC\u2019s anticipated yearly payouts to colleges anticipated to boost to shut to $70 million with its new tv deal, that price ticket is oddly chump change to these colleges and a needed expense.<\/p>\n