[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

What's so sad about it?

This will bring millions into the city of Columbia.

You think I give a large rat's ass about tradition when I can dump it so that the University Hospital will get millions more in research dollars on account of being in the Big 10? When the Campus will be able to upgrade its facilities across the board? When the community is able to expand and bring in businesses to develop the northern part of town around the new High School that we just broke ground on?

**** that. This would improve the Columbia community immensly. And isn't that what intercollegiate athletics is supposed to be about anyway? Sports make money for the University and provide an identity to foster longstanding loyalty. A move to the Big 10, and the money that would entail, furthers that mission at every step.

This is all sour grapes. "Tradition" is the last straw these folks have and it's nonsense. You don't put the well-being of an institution which employs thousands and is the life-blood of a fairly significant city behind "tradition".

Good post.