THE SIDELINES : A Warning to Texas, Texas A
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AUSTIN, Tex. — Texas House Speaker Gib Lewis says he strongly opposes the University of Texas or Texas A&M; leaving the Southwest Conference.
He vowed “to do everything in my power to prevent it from happening”--even slashing appropriations to the two universities.
For fiscal 1991, the Legislature appropriated $233 million to Texas and $183 million to A&M--none; of it for athletics.
Lewis, a Ft. Worth Democrat, also said he would form a special House study group to look into the potential ramifications.
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