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Buckeye_Democrat

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11. Maybe they'll be invited too?

Reply to AZProgressive (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 2, 2022, 11:00 AM

Jul 2022

I was surprised to learn that Arizona State spends more on scientific research than schools like Utah and Colorado, yet the latter schools are AAU member schools while Arizona State is not.

AAU members:
https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members

The Big Ten school presidents value their research alliances (pooling resources to help keep costs down), which is where their BIG MONEY comes from, but a large TV market for the sports programs is a major consideration too. Or simply getting more viewers, period, in the case of a school like Notre Dame.

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There were rumors about a Big Ten / Pac-12 merger... [View all] Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 OP

Time and logistics underpants Jul 2022 #1

Yes, and that's why I suspect (or hope) it will be... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #3

When they travel, a lot of West Coast fans will not be traveling with them. Sneederbunk Jul 2022 #2

Looks to me like USC and UCLA don't give a crap... brush Jul 2022 #4

They MIGHT be interested in Cal, but not Oregon State. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #5

Arizona State has the Phoenix area market AZProgressive Jul 2022 #10

Maybe they'll be invited too? Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #11

I grew up loving Ohio State Football but this madness ... time to shut down big time college sports Botany Jul 2022 #6

Maybe some schools lose money on sports but not... brush Jul 2022 #7

The universities will still teach and do research. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #9

The Big Ten is supposedly confident that... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #8