It changes their access to all of the pooled resources and research. Michigan’s research dollars are $1.6 billion. Why would they risk that in any way for a few more million for an athletic department that is swimming in cash. If leaving the B1G Athletic Alliance jeopardized just 3% of that it’s $48M.
We’ve had people on here who do research, they said the pooling is basically lip service. It doesn’t really do anything, and they share with ISU when it’s relevant also. So how would it change it?
The big ten academic alliance is basically worthless. Most faculty I know and work with don't even know it exists, and this is at a big ten school. There is no pooling of research grant money.
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The TLDR version:
B1G is currently evaluating Oregon/WA/Stanford/Cal
If B1G passes, than we get those four + the corners.
If B1G takes them, we still get the corners.
He spoke pretty confidently that
1. There is no way/no how the PAC survives.
2. CBS may be willing to over pay for an expanded and rebranded Big 12 (they’re in danger of being shut out of the SEC/B1G).
He went on to surmise, after speaking with industry sources, that the new look Big 12 could be playing Thur/Fri/Sat after dark games.
He sounded pretty confident in all this, and that we’ll probably learn about the next expansion moves within about a month.
NCState and Va Tech are the only ones where I might be able to begrudgingly say ok. The rest is not good.
Well, the Pitino-Petrino combination was certainly something else.
Maybe you are right, but why couldn’t it be replicated in a new super conference, with TX, USC, ND, TA&M, etc. in a new league? They could eventually bring more than some existing existing B10 schools on the academic side.
I dont personally see the value in NC State. Weird fit who isn't usually good in either major sport. Pass
The ACC's not raiding anybody. They're in only a slightly better position than the PAC. The Big XII pays out more in TV revenue currently and will continue to into the future.
Federal research grants that are granted to an institution are not shared between institutions. It is okay to pay researchers from other institutions for their work on a grant, but not okay to just give that money to other schools. B1G research consortium can share library services (access to scholarly articles), but money is not "shared". Federal grant dollars are highly audited and every line item must be accounted for when a grant is awarded to an institution. Further, grant dollars are not even shared within a university due to how detailed the audits are and there is no way it's shared between institutions as feds would not be okay with "pooling".
If you want to believe the Big Ten will eventually break up I won’t stop you.
You’re moving the posts. I rebutted your claim that it would affect their academic grants. I said (and several with better knowledge have chimed in and agreed) that that won’t make a difference in their decision. I never said the big ten would or wouldn’t break up.
I think a lot of us think more that it is a POSSIBILITY than a sure thing.
Big 10 and conference affiliation has zero to do with research money. If you actually read that Bog 10 alliance site and their report, they essentially save schools a few hundred thousands in things like software licenses. I know CW keeps mentioning research dollars and conference affiliation, but as someone who has been on both sides of the research coin, conferences mean absolutely zero.
I doubt it would effect their grants by much if at all I’ll give you that. Are there any benefits to being in the BTAA that you think they might not want to walk away from?
