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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1212921" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>I humbly respond that literally the only people who see B1G as an academic brand are sports fan B1G alums searching for an excuse for why their teams don't win.</p><p></p><p>The overall profile of the conference academically is not meaningfully different than the ACC or the Pac-12, and as the geographical meaning of the Big Ten breaks down, the academic collaborative aspect (which has always been wildly overrated anyway) will break down in tandem.</p><p></p><p>The Big Ten is nothing more and nothing less than a craven, financially-motivated holding company for media assets. Pretending it is otherwise is like pretending Fortune 500 companies really care about their charity work, or whatever. You're being sold a line of nonsense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1212921, member: 527609"] I humbly respond that literally the only people who see B1G as an academic brand are sports fan B1G alums searching for an excuse for why their teams don't win. The overall profile of the conference academically is not meaningfully different than the ACC or the Pac-12, and as the geographical meaning of the Big Ten breaks down, the academic collaborative aspect (which has always been wildly overrated anyway) will break down in tandem. The Big Ten is nothing more and nothing less than a craven, financially-motivated holding company for media assets. Pretending it is otherwise is like pretending Fortune 500 companies really care about their charity work, or whatever. You're being sold a line of nonsense. [/QUOTE]
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