Sports Headlines: Texas A&M, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl And More

SEC accepts Texas A&M if Baylor agrees
After almost 3 months of debate of whether they would accept Texas A&M, the SEC finally agreed to give the school the green light, though they have one condition: that the remaining schools from the Big 12 all agree to the departure of the Aggies, but it seems like Baylor is one school that is protesting their departure, as last year Colorado and Nebraska departed to other conferences, leaving the Big 12 with 10 schools, and now that the Aggies are leaving, there will be only 9 schools, which got others thinking about their future, like Oklahoma, whom are also considering to leave for the Pac 12, so if the conference stays at 8 teams it will be possible that it might dissolve, which is why Baylor is showing concern.

Hockey team killed in airplane accident
A really tragic event in sports took place in Russia, where the members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional team from the Kontinental Hockey League, died after the plain in which they were traveling crashed during take-off. The majority of the players in the team passed away, with the number of victims totaling 43 with only one survivor. The plane was on his way from the team’s hometown Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Jacory Harris is starter for Miami
It seems like Coach Al Golden still believes in the talents of Jacory Harris, as he gave Harris the starting quarterback position in despite having been suspended for one game by the NCAA, and a lack of consistency during his time with the team with last season as clear example since Harris threw fourteen touchdowns and fifteen interceptions. Harris is replacing Stephen Morris, who played quite poorly in the Hurricanes’ loss lost to Maryland by 32-24 on Monday night.

NBA might add third round picks to draft
On a positive note concerning the NBA is that actual negotiations might include an overhaul concerning how the draft is handled, as both the NBPA and the league are agree about adding a third round to the draft since there’s been only two since 1998. This is done with the intention of allowing the fifteen teams with the words records to have the option of choosing all 30 first round picks in order to bring balance to the league’s competitive level.