I hear JB Hunt is the big whale helping Arkansas. Texas A&M did beat Alabama in College Station last season. I don't know how NIL will be regulated but regulation of some type is probably coming. I think references about Slive are correct but in the sense that the SEC Front Office just became a lot bigger than the NCAA. I think SEC officiating tends to favor the more proven winning programs. That has a direct relation to where the big money is at in the post season. Simply put, the better a program gets, the better SEC officiating will get on their behalf. I have seen this over the years with Arkansas. Arkansas has real good years with Top 5 teams right after Danny Ford was fired. Houston Nutt used Ford's players just as Nutt used Ed Orgeron's players at Ole Miss. Arkansas was also good the last two years with Bobby Petrino before his motorcycle crash with his volley ball girlfriend. Those teams were not axed by SEC officiating except one game at Auburn with Cam Newton. A school in the SEC just has to get good. That is done by hiring a real good coach.