Osborne To Attend Big 10 Meetings In August

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http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/13923/osborne-to-attend-big-ten-meetings

ESPN: "Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne will attend the Big Ten's preseason meetings Aug. 2-3 in Chicago, school and league officials have confirmed.

Osborne will take part in several important meetings of top Big Ten officials and athletic directors, who are expected to discuss potential divisions, a possible championship game in football and scheduling implications for the 2011 season and beyond. Multiple Big Ten athletic directors have told ESPN.com that the possibility of adding a ninth Big Ten game to the schedule will be discussed in Chicago.

The Big Ten has invited Nebraska officials to attend all business meetings during the school's transition period, but Nebraska doesn't become a full voting member of the league until July 1, 2011. So Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."

 
Good lord the Big 10 is a breath of fresh air. They seem to be doing everything fairly and openly. (note I reserve the right to change my opinion. :) )

 
You cut off the last part of the article:

ESPN: "Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne will attend the Big Ten's preseason meetings Aug. 2-3 in Chicago, school and league officials have confirmed.

Osborne will take part in several important meetings of top Big Ten officials and athletic directors, who are expected to discuss potential divisions, a possible championship game in football and scheduling implications for the 2011 season and beyond. Multiple Big Ten athletic directors have told ESPN.com that the possibility of adding a ninth Big Ten game to the schedule will be discussed in Chicago.

The Big Ten has invited Nebraska officials to attend all business meetings during the school's transition period, but Nebraska doesn't become a full voting member of the league until July 1, 2011. So Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."

Mean while at the Big Twelve's preseason meetings, Texas has sent out a memo telling the other conference members how they feel, what to say and how to vote.

 

The reactions of the other officials and athletic directors ranged from Osborne tearing up the memo and steam coming out of his ears, to the Colorado AD stating "Cool, I like 'Finding Nemo'" the other ADs dropping down on rugs pointed to Austin chanting "Praised Be Dodds" and Beebe asking Dodds, "One lump or two". It was later pointed out to the Colorado AD the difference between memo and Nemo.

 
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huKSer said:
You cut off the last part of the article:

ESPN: "Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne will attend the Big Ten's preseason meetings Aug. 2-3 in Chicago, school and league officials have confirmed.

Osborne will take part in several important meetings of top Big Ten officials and athletic directors, who are expected to discuss potential divisions, a possible championship game in football and scheduling implications for the 2011 season and beyond. Multiple Big Ten athletic directors have told ESPN.com that the possibility of adding a ninth Big Ten game to the schedule will be discussed in Chicago.

The Big Ten has invited Nebraska officials to attend all business meetings during the school's transition period, but Nebraska doesn't become a full voting member of the league until July 1, 2011. So Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."

Mean while at the Big Twelve's preseason meetings, Texas has sent out a memo telling the other conference members how they feel, what to say and how to vote.

 

 

 

 

The reactions of the other officials and athletic directors ranged from Osborne tearing up the memo and steam coming out of his ears, to the Colorado AD stating "Cool, I like 'Finding Nemo'" the other ADs dropping down on rugs pointed to Austin chanting "Praised Be Dodds" and Beebe asking Dodds, "One lump or two". It was later pointed out to the Colorado AD the difference between memo and Nemo.
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:LOLtartar :LOLtartar :LOLtartar

 
Street Novelist said:
Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."
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This doesn't make much sense. Obviously Osborne shouldn't get a vote concerning the current Big 10, as we are not a member, but I see no reason why he shouldn't be allowed to vote on issues concerning 2011.

 
General Blackshirt said:
Street Novelist said:
Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."
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This doesn't make much sense. Obviously Osborne shouldn't get a vote concerning the current Big 10, as we are not a member, but I see no reason why he shouldn't be allowed to vote on issues concerning 2011.
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Could Obama have vetoed bills after he was elected, but before he was inaugurated? No, it's just not the way things work. Either way, Delany said the Big Ten isn't about votes anyway. The teams discuss what's in the best intrests of the conference and make a collective decision. The whole "no vote" would be important in the Big 12 with Lord Tejas rooling the roost, in the Big Ten, it's not a big deal.

 
jliehr said:
General Blackshirt said:
Street Novelist said:
Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."
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This doesn't make much sense. Obviously Osborne shouldn't get a vote concerning the current Big 10, as we are not a member, but I see no reason why he shouldn't be allowed to vote on issues concerning 2011.
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Could Obama have vetoed bills after he was elected, but before he was inaugurated? No, it's just not the way things work. Either way, Delany said the Big Ten isn't about votes anyway. The teams discuss what's in the best intrests of the conference and make a collective decision. The whole "no vote" would be important in the Big 12 with Lord Tejas rooling the roost, in the Big Ten, it's not a big deal.
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Exactly. T.O. will have his say and will be RESPECTED (see: not the Big Texas Conference). Besides, it would play itself out even w/o Osborne's imput, since the Big Ten will make sure that the divisions are divided as evenly as possible.

 
jliehr said:
General Blackshirt said:
Street Novelist said:
Osborne won't have a vote on divisions, scheduling or a championship game, but his voice will be heard in those meetings."
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This doesn't make much sense. Obviously Osborne shouldn't get a vote concerning the current Big 10, as we are not a member, but I see no reason why he shouldn't be allowed to vote on issues concerning 2011.
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Could Obama have vetoed bills after he was elected, but before he was inaugurated? No, it's just not the way things work. Either way, Delany said the Big Ten isn't about votes anyway. The teams discuss what's in the best intrests of the conference and make a collective decision. The whole "no vote" would be important in the Big 12 with Lord Tejas rooling the roost, in the Big Ten, it's not a big deal.
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It's a completely different situation. The Big 10 (2010) is a different conference than Big 10 (2011). Having the 2010 members vote on a 2011 issue puts Nebraska in a vulnerable position as we are the only difference between the two conferences. The rest of the conference has authority, whereas we do not. How do you not see that as a potential problem?

 
General Blackshirt said:
It's a completely different situation. The Big 10 (2010) is a different conference than Big 10 (2011). Having the 2010 members vote on a 2011 issue puts Nebraska in a vulnerable position as we are the only difference between the two conferences. The rest of the conference has authority, whereas we do not. How do you not see that as a potential problem?
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Well, I doubt Osborne's vote would matter much anyway. The Big Ten PTB (whoever votes on these matters, the presidents or the ADs or both) are not going to do anything that will wind up with something like a 6-5 split vote because that would mean a good percentage of the schools are unhappy. And the Big Ten doesn't want that. Besides, we don't even know for sure if they'll vote on divisions or anything right now, just that they'll discuss it. Osborne's views and opinions will be taken into account, and that's what matters. Remember that this is a group of schools with like-minded interests. Big Ten officials want what's best for the conference as a whole, not necessarily just what's best for their individual schools.

I actually think the Big Ten has learned from its past experience with expansion. When Penn State joined, IIRC in the beginning there were quite a few ruffled feathers and PSU wasn't always made to feel welcome to the conference. So the Big Ten is going out of its way to make sure everything goes smoothly this time, and Nebraska is made to feel welcome.

 
It's nice to see us invited...since we weren't invited to the big12 meetings and the kc media had a hayday with this...

 
The Big Ten doesn't vote things through on small margins (6-5 etc.). That's not how they do business. A vote is really of no consequence whether we have it or not. This is probably an issue of bylaws. I'm sure we were aware of how things would play out prior to accepting the invitation anyways. Since we have no real rivalries and our scheduling doesn't really matter, it's not like we should have much of a say in the divisional makeup anyways. Unless they put us with Northwestern, Purdue, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, we'll be happy. Regardless of how it plays out, our division will be at least better than the division we are leaving in the Big XII. Looks like we will get at least 2 of the big names (Iowa, Wisconsin, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan) in our conference and that is all we need. If they division it out, there will be a Championship Game and it won't matter what Division we are in. Not to mention, recruiting isn't really improved by playing in other states like it is in Texas.

 
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