Missouri quiet as Texas and Oklahoma pledge Big 12 loyalty - BostonHerald.com - the SEC also appears to be analyzing whether Missouri leaving would cripple the Big 12’s recovery efforts, particularly in terms of what the departure would mean to the conference’s television deals and thus whether legal issues could be at play as they are with Texas A&M’s departure from the Big 12 to the SEC

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Indicative of continuing fluidity in the landscape, a knowledgeable source on realignment said Missouri remains in the eye of the SEC as that conference studies where the Big 12 stands.
The perspective is somewhat evolved from a previous stance by the SEC that it would back off any thoughts of Mizzou unless the Big 12 crumbled.
Instead, while the SEC remains mindful of not destroying the Big 12, it still is scrutinizing whether the Big 12 indeed will last.
Beyond that, the SEC also appears to be analyzing whether Missouri leaving would cripple the Big 12's recovery efforts, particularly in terms of what the departure would mean to the conference's television deals and thus whether legal issues could be at play as they are with Texas A&M's departure from the Big 12 to the SEC, a move that remains in traction.

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