however, the economic angle particularly in the case of Texas and OU is probably a much more likely contributor. Also, you have to consider that by and large conference bylaws have their genesis established from longstanding documents copied or excerpted from other older conference bylaws. I would expect wording and provisions to be similar in standard type clauses including such things as voting, termination, resignation, etc., etc.. I would also doubt any conference, with legal counsel of even marginal competence, would err on the side of giving power to single institutions as opposed to the conference as a whole and the individual members would protect themselves against conference overreach by a provision that would allow a rule to be waived, overturned, superceded, or changed by a majority membership vote. This last sentence is weaker though when considering the outsized power that Texas has tried and successfully wielded in its former conference affiliations. Hopefully, the Longhorns are about to get an uncomfortable education upon their arrival in the SEC as to just what it really means to actually be just one of the boys.