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Someone's finally done it. Bravo, to the Columbia Missourian for filing a Freedom of Information ACT request with the University of Missouri.
The intent was to see if there has been any communication between the school and the Big Ten. But as you can see if you read the school's response, Missouri may have provided key information about the Big Ten negotiations by denying the request.
The school said it was protected from releasing any information that includes "sealed bids and related documents until the bids are opened," or "documents related to a negotiated contract." While Missouri would not confirm or deny whether such documents exist, that is its stance. The paper's attorney said the school's response was "correct, as long as you have contract negotiations going on."
We may have found the first smoking gun in the Big Ten expansion shoot out.
The Big 12 spring meetings are June 1-4 in Kansas City where commissioner Dan Beebe has promised to find out "who's on the plane when it takes off."