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Well, the conferences get money from the government

Posted on: August 7, 2023 at 16:48:34 CT
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for research and grants, etc. It's based on the percentage of AAU schools they have.

EDIT: Or, at least having AAU schools helps whatever the metric is to determine how much money a conference gets from the gov't.

Edited by AllThingsKC at 16:51:28 on 08/07/23
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Since the b1g is all about academics - JayHoaxH8r MU - 8/7 15:03:41
     In the current age of wokeness, "higher education" is a... - Deputy Dawg MU - 8/8 16:45:38
     The Big10 is entirely in states losing population - TigerMook MU - 8/8 07:50:28
     They'll take them when they're desperate. - Zeaux MU - 8/7 21:30:37
     They added Nebraska... it ain't the Ivy League. (nm) - zounami MU - 8/7 21:29:22
          Academically MU 9th in SEC - would be 18th in B10. - Lovely Rita UW - 8/7 23:41:10
               Lies - drywallerdave MU - 8/8 04:49:36
                    See for yourself - Lovely Rita UW - 8/8 07:56:15
                         U.S. News is a joke on rankings and always has been. Nm - BandG MU - 8/8 08:15:04
                              correct, it's a magazine (a discredited one, at that) (nm) - zounami MU - 8/8 16:40:30
                              Cool. I’ll wait to see your rankings since you appear - Lovely Rita UW - 8/8 08:45:10
                                   He's right. I worked at an IHL that was always rated in - hangman MU - 8/8 08:51:00
                                        exactly (nm) - zounami MU - 8/8 16:41:04
                                        I await your superior rankings. - Lovely Rita UW - 8/8 08:59:22
                                             Don't hold your breath. Or, on second thought. Please - hangman MU - 8/8 09:29:45
               according to what, a magazine? (nm) - zounami MU - 8/8 00:58:05
                    “I know, let’s have a spelling contest” - Doc Holliday - Lovely Rita UW - 8/8 08:10:13
               Where would KU rank?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 8/7 23:46:38
                    #121. Exactly same as MU - Lovely Rita UW - 8/8 07:57:21
                    well below the Ivy League... like all the B1G schools (nm) - zounami MU - 8/8 01:02:45
     b1g isn’t all about academics. Stanford & Cal could easily - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 8/7 21:08:32
          What? They already took UCLA with an identical - Lovely Rita UW - 8/7 23:11:16
               This fat, nasty beaker bich still can't quit us? - Gary P. MU - 8/8 07:28:39
               you really take that magazine seriously (nm) - zounami MU - 8/8 00:56:39
     You cant have both Stanford and Nebraska - El-ahrairah UGA - 8/7 20:41:57
     Trump must've been advising them(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 8/7 16:39:05
          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>politics board - El Zorro MU - 8/7 17:45:36
               👍(nm) - Fool on the Hill MU - 8/7 19:12:39
     This is like a Collin Cowherd trick. Bring up something - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 8/7 16:20:55
          The Big 10 considers themselves an elite academic - alwaysright MU - 8/7 21:27:22
               the Big Ten pretends it has elite academics (nm) - zounami MU - 8/7 21:55:06
                    17 of 18 B10 teams rated academically higher than MU. - Lovely Rita UW - 8/7 23:31:21
                         even if you take that magazine's rankings seriously, the - zounami MU - 8/8 01:01:03
                              RE: even if you take that magazine's rankings seriously, the - bstiger MU - 8/8 05:13:07
     It isn't, it just pretends to be about academics (nm) - zoomer 99 - 8/7 15:59:22
     athletic conferences caring about academics is dumb(nm) - TigerA MU - 8/7 15:32:23
          Well, the conferences get money from the government - AllThingsKC KC - 8/7 16:48:34
               WADR, it’s a plus, but hardly decisive - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 8/7 21:17:45
                    I don't disagree.(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 8/7 22:59:10
               The individual schools get money for research. The - hangman MU - 8/7 18:07:44
               That's interesting - Genco98 MU - 8/7 16:55:17
                    No, but schools in conferences do more things together - alwaysright MU - 8/8 06:48:24
                         It's got nothing to do with conferences. AAU schools in - hangman MU - 8/8 08:13:40
                              Schools in a conference work together on things other - alwaysright MU - 8/8 16:32:10
                    Based on whatever the metric is for - AllThingsKC KC - 8/7 16:58:47
                         Sounds like Kamala Harris gibberish. - STLTIGER MU - 8/7 17:52:01
                              RE: Sounds like Kamala Harris gibberish. - AllThingsKC KC - 8/7 21:06:18
                                   But wouldn’t you just give it to the individual school? - Genco98 MU - 8/8 04:01:04
                                        Yes. That's exactly what I said above. - hangman MU - 8/8 08:11:57
          Agreed 100% (nm) - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 8/7 16:21:35
     Because that went out the window in 2010. Remember, it - alwaysright MU - 8/7 15:31:12
     Cal isn't too shabby...Oppenheimer(nm) - MenInBlack MU - 8/7 15:11:40
     i had the same question.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 8/7 15:05:02




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