Mike Slive also addressed that. He said something along the
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lines of "The SEC doesn't NEED to expand, and will NOT expand for the sake of expansion... but when a school like Texas A&M approaches you..." (etc.)
The point is that the SEC only expands if it it's absolutely worth doing so... to the point that the school will be an equal member immediately and treated the same as its charter members. Texas A&M is that kind of university, and as tmcats correctly pointed out, MU was the beneficiary of the SEC needing a 14th school to even out the league.