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* The Pac-10 averted this with a 2011 expansion; it at least renamed itself the Pac-12 with the addition of Colorado and Utah.[[note]]At the same time, the conference's formal name changed from "Pacific-10 Conference" to "Pac-12 Conference".[[/note]] However, the "Pac" part (short for "Pacific") has been something of an artifact since 1978, when Arizona and Arizona State joined the then Pac-8 to become the Pac-10. It's looking more and more likely that the Pac-12 will fold, with ''ten'' of its 12 members leaving in 2024.
* The SEC abandoned the "Southeastern" part of their name (or at least stretches it right up to the breaking point) with the inclusion of Texas A&M (located in what's considered part of the American Southwest, though with College Station being in east Texas at least it's geographically ''near'' the Southeast) and Missouri (Midwest, and being in the northern edge of central Missouri it's even more of a geographic stretch than Texas A&M, though less of a cultural stretch as the area around the school's home of Columbia [though not the town itself] was a hotbed of pro-Confederate sentiment in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]]) in 2012.
* The SEC abandoned the "Southeastern" part of their name (or at least stretches it right up to the breaking point) with the inclusion of Texas A&M (located in what's considered part of the American Southwest, though with College Station being in east Texas at least it's geographically ''near'' the Southeast) and Missouri (Midwest, and being in the northern edge of central Missouri it's even more of a geographic stretch than Texas A&M, though less of a cultural stretch as the area around the school's home of Columbia [though not the town itself] was a hotbed of pro-Confederate sentiment in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]]) in 2012.
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* The Pac-10 averted this with a 2011 expansion; it at least renamed itself the Pac-12 with the addition of Colorado and Utah.[[note]]At the same time, the conference's formal name changed from "Pacific-10 Conference" to "Pac-12 Conference".[[/note]] However, the "Pac" part (short for "Pacific") has been something of an artifact since 1978, when Arizona and Arizona State joined the then Pac-8 to become the Pac-10. It's looking more and more likely that the Pac-12 will fold, with With ''ten'' of its the 12 members leaving in 2024.
2024, the Pac-12 will survive InNameOnly for at least a couple of years.
* TheSEC [[UsefulNotes/SoutheasternConferenceFootballPrograms SEC]] abandoned the "Southeastern" part of their its name (or at least stretches it right up to the breaking point) with the inclusion of Texas A&M (located in what's considered part of the American Southwest, though with College Station being in east Texas at least it's geographically ''near'' the Southeast) and Missouri (Midwest, and being in the northern edge of central Missouri it's even more of a geographic stretch than Texas A&M, though less of a cultural stretch as the area around the school's home of Columbia [though not the town itself] was a hotbed of pro-Confederate sentiment in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]]) in 2012.
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* The very name "mixed martial arts" referred to competitions where fighters from various martial arts disciplines would compete against each other. But since some techniques lend themselves to athletic competition better than others, fighters began picking up techniques from across multiple disciplines to get ahead. "MMA" has essentially become a fighting style of its own, and MMA gyms exist all over the world. In a way, the "mixed" part still applies, but rather than having specialists from various disciplines squaring off, the fighters individually draw from various disciplines.
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* The very name "mixed martial arts" referred to competitions where fighters from various martial arts disciplines would compete against each other. But since some techniques lend themselves to athletic competition better than others, fighters began picking up techniques moves from across multiple disciplines to get ahead. "MMA" has essentially become a fighting style of its own, and MMA gyms exist all over the world. In a way, the "mixed" part still applies, but rather than having specialists from various disciplines squaring off, the fighters individually draw from various disciplines.
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* The very name "mixed martial arts" referred to competitions where fighters from various martial arts disciplines would compete against each other. But since some techniques lend themselves to athletic competition better than others, fighters began picking up techniques from across multiple disciplines to get ahead. "MMA" has essentially become a fighting style of its own, and MMA gyms exist all over the world. In a way, the "mixed" part still applies, but rather than having specialists from various disciplines competing against each other, the fighters individually draw from various disciplines.
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* The very name "mixed martial arts" referred to competitions where fighters from various martial arts disciplines would compete against each other. But since some techniques lend themselves to athletic competition better than others, fighters began picking up techniques from across multiple disciplines to get ahead. "MMA" has essentially become a fighting style of its own, and MMA gyms exist all over the world. In a way, the "mixed" part still applies, but rather than having specialists from various disciplines competing against each other, squaring off, the fighters individually draw from various disciplines.
