If Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC, it would break an enduring “gentlemens agreement” in between SEC schools that gives conference members “outright veto power” over the addition of another school from their state, according to a previous Texas A&M official.R.” An SEC spokesman stated the league had no remark on Loftins remarks on Thursday.Three states– Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee– have 2 SEC schools each, but those date to the development of the conference. “Mike guaranteed us that they got what they desired in Texas A&M because they got the Texas market, and they got a school which was really compatible with SEC schools.

If Texas and Oklahoma sign up with the SEC, it would break a long-standing “gentlemens agreement” between SEC schools that gives conference members “outright veto power” over the addition of another school from their state, according to a former Texas A&M official.R. “We talked about it from time to time amongst ourselves, that this was the method it was going to be, that if we had another school in Texas wanting to go into the SEC, Texas A&M would have veto power.” An SEC spokesman said the league had no comment on Loftins comments on Thursday.Three states– Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee– have 2 SEC schools each, but those date to the development of the conference. “Mike guaranteed us that they got what they desired in Texas A&M because they got the Texas market, and they got a school which was very suitable with SEC schools. We want to be the only SEC program in the state of Texas.