Nebraska announces it is moving to Big Ten

[Beninator]

For whatever little it's worth:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/12410/where-is-the-ncaa-during-all-this

Remember, the NCAA does not want to provoke anyone. They're at risk of losing everything.

Thanks for the link. I'll admit that I am late to this topic. IMO the NCAA's lack of intervention will make them loose everything.

[Beninator]

What can the NCAA do? The NCAA has never in its history forced membership or interfered with institutions or conferences, nor should it.

However, it could be more proactive in establishing new membership guidelines.

The problem for the NCAA is twofold now: No full-time President. They only have interim leadership right now. And a moratorium on institutional reclassification until 2011 is in place while a subcommittee considers whether new membership requirements/guidelines are in order.

So what that means is that the NCAA is in a holding pattern right now and schools' hands are tied in terms of being able to pursue the opportunity to move to FBS football if they want.

In the meantime, the BCS conferences are consolidating their power and resources so that the NCAA will have no other option than to be a puppet state or be left behind by those schools.

Inactivity or proactivity... Interesting debate....

If inactivity equals puppet state which I agree with the assertion, then it seems obvious that the NCAA should not worry about precedents and establish control while it still is able to do so.

[tornado]

Just for reference even though nobody asked...
not only is Bradley 2-0 all time vs. Kansas, we are also 5-2 all time vs. Nebraska..
that means Bradley has a .500 record or better against half the members of the Big Ten, and even more than half the remaining Big 12 members!

[real fan]

So with Nebraska joining the Big 10 which has 11 and Colorado and Nebraska leaving the Big 12 which now has 10 it seems like the Big 10 is now the Big 12 and the Big 12 is now the Big 10.