In a press release, the SEC announced that A&M will join the conference on July 1, 2012, and will begin league play in all sports for the 2012-2013 academic year. The release noted that the move to officially announce A&M’s admittance was again unanimous among the conference’s chancellor’s and presidents.
“The Southeastern Conference Presidents and Chancellors are pleased to welcome Texas A&M University to the SEC family,” said Dr. Bernie Machen, chair of the SEC Presidents and Chancellors and president of the University of Florida. “The addition of Texas A&M University as the SEC’s 13th member gives our league a prestigious academic institution with a strong athletic tradition and a culture similar to our current institutions.”
“The Southeastern Conference provides Texas A&M the national visibility that our great university and our student-athletes deserve,” said Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin. “We are excited to begin competition in the nation’s premier athletic conference. This is a 100-year decision that we have addressed carefully and methodically, and I believe the Southeastern Conference gives the Aggies the best situation of any conference in the country.”
With the legal threats a thing of the past, the SEC’s attention will now turn to figuring out a football schedule for 13 members spread unevenly across two divisions. How that will be done remains to be seen.
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