Just kidding, sports is what they care about:
Hello,
The UO Board of Trustees (BOT) will hold an emergency meeting today, August 4, 2023 at 2:30 pm PT. This meeting will be held remotely via videoconference with a livestream link available for members of the public and the media. The topic of the meeting is time sensitive athletic conference issues.
Meeting materials will be available at https://trustees.uoregon.edu/upcoming-meetings and the livestream link will be available athttps://trustees.uoregon.edu/meetings.
I didnt realize until I listened to this meeting that the Big 10 was an academic conference, from which Oregon will benefit from its extensive research activities.
Chortle.
As a Big Ten alum I know the Big Ten Schools do take the academic side of the conference seriously. I can also assume that the academic benefits had nothing to do with this decision.
This article probably isn’t too convincing, but does talk about the research/academic benefits:
https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2022/11/how-big-ten-changed-rutgers-beyond-athletics.html
Emergency solved. We’re joining the big 10. Who cares about faculty or staff salaries and retention problems…
Eugene airport better get that expansion done ASAP to support more direct flights to midwest hubs…
and yes this action will significantly increase the UO carbon footprint associated with athletic travel
Remember how we absolutely needed a Police Force, and it was going to cost less than the contract with Eugene?
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Let’s start a timer on how long it takes to ask for an Air Force. (At least U Dub should get’em at cost from Boeing.)
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https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/flying-coach-many-universities-are-using-private-planes
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I do wonder what Cal will do as the lone PAC charter member.
Oregon Agricultural College, now OSU, was also a charter member of PAC.
Oops consider me color blind like a deer :)
From MSM published articles, UOwe and UW are getting less than 1/2 the payout the other BIG10 members will receive, and that lasts until 2030. From the time they entered, USC/UCLA received full payouts.
Sort of analogous to four workers being hired, three get full pay, one get’s less than !/2. When asked why, da boss says that’s all you’re worth, take it or leave it. Maryland and Rutgers, which have little to no national athletic profile, are getting more than 2x what the PNW teams are receiving. Guess all that Nike PR schtick didn’t amount to much…
UO has made it to the Big Leagues! It’s a big times sports school!