(01-07-2018 11:10 PM)JRsec Wrote:  But note this, the SEC has never asked for a school to leave and has never voted a school out and refuses to even consider it. Sewanee bowed out years ago and Tulane and Georgia Tech both left for the allure of "independent profits" back in the mid 60's. As you can tell it sure worked out well for both of them, heh, heh!

GT left over scholarship limits. And on that vote, Bear Bryant didn't show up to vote on behalf of the measure to reduce scholarship limits when he promised Dodd he would. That was the decisive vote. GT left the next day. Tulane left soon thereafter.

The SEC ended up adopting more sane scholarship limits anyway. So Dodd was right over the long haul. The NCAA ultimately instituted scholarship limits to what they are today which is a FRACTION of the roster size from back then when you could have the better part of 200 players on scholarship.