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In August 2011, Texas A & M announced plans to apply to join another unspecified conference.

Texas A & M's desire to leave the Big 12 Conference was reportedly driven both by concern about conference stability and also by concerns that the Longhorn Network, controlled by A & M's arch rival Texas, would give Texas an unfair advantage in recruiting and other aspects of competition.

On September 2, David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, announced that his school was actively reevaulating its conference membership.

Several days later, Southeastern Conference officials voted to accept Texas A & M as its thirteenth member, conditional upon a reaffirmation that the remaining Big 12 schools would not pursue legal action to block the move.

Several schools refused to waive their rights to pursue legal action against the Southeastern Conference for tortious interference.

Despite this, on September 25, the SEC announced that Texas A & M was being accepted unconditionally — regardless of legal threats.

Texas A & M officially joined the SEC on July 1, 2012.

As part of the settlement of the exit, the Big 12 Conference will withhold $ 12. 4 million of the revenue the Big 12 Conference would have shared with Texas A & M.

Texas A & M will still receive a portion of the revenue from the recently signed contract between the Big 12 Conference and Fox Sports.