Big Ten Discussing $2 Billion Private Capital Deal

[FloridaCuse]

The "shut up, you have no say in this matter" approach isn't working so well with the very trustees who set the policy, budget, senior positions, etc.? Petitti could be shown the door if he isn't careful.

I was about to say the same thing. It is a real possibility that Petitti doesn't survive this gambit.

 

[HtownOrange]

I was about to say the same thing. It is a real possibility that Petitti doesn't survive this gambit.

I agree. I would not be surprised if the various boards are talking with their respective legal counsel. The squeezing out of BoTs from major decisions and financial obligations cannot be sitting well with them.

Imagine, if the UM trustee and whoever it was with USC hadn't raised the issue...

 

[Sherman20]

Michigan and USC are perfect schools for the ACC to pickup and start the breakup of the Big10. Add Ohio State and UCLA and Penn State, and the ACC is vastly better than the Big 10. Go make it happen, Jim Phillips. Penn State has always wanted to be in an Eastern conference, and Michigan and Ohio State are better off with east coast schools than the dying Midwest. Plus Michigan, USC and UCLA would be associated with more prestigious peer academic schools like UNC, Virginia, Wake, Stanford, Cal, Ga Tech, etc. Iowa, Indiana and Nebraska are small moribund states.

 

[FloridaCuse]