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In the 2010-11 fiscal year, five SEC teams spent more than $90 million each on athletics, and four spent more than $80 million. Compare that to the Big 12, where Texas and Oklahoma were the only schools to spend more than $90 million and only three others — Nebraska, Kansas and Texas A&M — spent more than $70 million.

So it’s clear to Alden that Missouri — which operated under a $64 million budget in 2010-11 — must bridge that gap to be competitive in the SEC. He estimates that Missouri’s current operating budget ranks 11th out of 14 SEC teams, and that, he said, isn’t good enough.

pash wrote:Umm, what are they doing with the extra money they're making from the SEC's TV deals?

With its first SEC check not set to come until next summer, that revenue shortfall means the MU athletic department won’t be able to pay all of its $65 million in expenses.

KCMax wrote:

pash wrote:Umm, what are they doing with the extra money they're making from the SEC's TV deals?

From the article:

With its first SEC check not set to come until next summer, that revenue shortfall means the MU athletic department won’t be able to pay all of its $65 million in expenses.

Joe Paterno’s a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can’t take away the greatness of this man. He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can’t erase all that this guy’s done. You can’t do that. Nobody can do that. I think when you come out of such a tragic situation, certainly involving children and the magnitude of this in our country from a media standpoint, I anticipated really what happened. I anticipated that they would do this. You’re not going to sit back there and say, 'Well, just things happen.’ You’re not going to do that. They’re going to be firing, and people, they’re going to make statements and they’re going to point fingers, and that’s what I anticipated a little bit. But he was a great man, a good man. I’m sure he would, maybe if he” could “do it over again he would have followed up a few things. But don’t take away all this guy did, and to sit there and blame him for all this, I think is wrong.

KCMax wrote:Gary Pinkel, on Joe Paterno:

Joe Paterno’s a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can’t take away the greatness of this man. He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can’t erase all that this guy’s done. You can’t do that. Nobody can do that. I think when you come out of such a tragic situation, certainly involving children and the magnitude of this in our country from a media standpoint, I anticipated really what happened. I anticipated that they would do this. You’re not going to sit back there and say, 'Well, just things happen.’ You’re not going to do that. They’re going to be firing, and people, they’re going to make statements and they’re going to point fingers, and that’s what I anticipated a little bit. But he was a great man, a good man. I’m sure he would, maybe if he” could “do it over again he would have followed up a few things. But don’t take away all this guy did, and to sit there and blame him for all this, I think is wrong.

chingon wrote:

KCMax wrote:Gary Pinkel, on Joe Paterno:

Joe Paterno’s a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can’t take away the greatness of this man. He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can’t erase all that this guy’s done. You can’t do that. Nobody can do that. I think when you come out of such a tragic situation, certainly involving children and the magnitude of this in our country from a media standpoint, I anticipated really what happened. I anticipated that they would do this. You’re not going to sit back there and say, 'Well, just things happen.’ You’re not going to do that. They’re going to be firing, and people, they’re going to make statements and they’re going to point fingers, and that’s what I anticipated a little bit. But he was a great man, a good man. I’m sure he would, maybe if he” could “do it over again he would have followed up a few things. But don’t take away all this guy did, and to sit there and blame him for all this, I think is wrong.

This is when it's important to remember that what Gary Pinkel thinks and says doesn't matter, because he's just a fucking football coach.

Lampe is running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Her complete statement follows below:...

"Coach Pinkel's defense of the indefensible indicates that he holds the same attitude that allowed the reprehensible situation at Penn State to occur; the attitude that building a successful football program is more important than everything else, including protecting innocent children from rapists."

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that athletic officials are mulling whether to add the extra bleacher seats on the stadium’s east side by 2014. A $72 million debt-financing plan approved by Missouri curators in June outlined a 2015 completion date.

Plans also call for 1,000 premium seats to be added to the stadium’s west side in time for the 2013 football season.

AllThingsKC wrote:Not related to Mizzou rebranding, but Sara Lampe gets absolutely owned by St. Louis sports talk show host because of her comments about Pinkel...

http://chirb.it/LJ2cyt

bobbyhawks wrote:I continue to find it amazing how MU fans prop up their affiliation with the SEC as some crowning achievement and validation that they are a football "power." If MU fans have learned nothing over the years, it is that the reason they often look silly to outsiders is their overexuberance prior to actually accomplishing anything. If MU was acting this way after placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in the SEC in football, then I could understand, but they have played zero games as an SEC member in all sports.

bobbyhawks wrote:There would be no greater statement than to go into the SEC with a bit of humility and to shock everyone after lesser expectations, but now it sounds like MU will look bad if they do anything other than compete for the division title right away. Might want to throw a heat check out there before you draw too much attention to yourselves.