[NU Sports] Columnist calls for Vandy to be kicked out of SEC

[CHerron604 at aol.com]

I have never seen this anywhere - is there now (or was there previously) a  
mechanism for removing a Big Ten conference member, especially a founding 
member  ?  I had always presumed (without proof, apparently), that we could 
not get  kicked out of the Western Conference of Faculty Representatives, but 
that we  would have to withdraw voluntarily (a la the U of C)
 
Does anybody happen to know ?
 
I suppose in a pinch that 10 or 11 members could withdraw, and form their  
own association, to which we were not invited.  Additionally, I'll assume  
(again, I don't know) that the SEC was formed differently, and they may have 
a  mechanism for removing a member that they no longer like
 
Any thoughts ?
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
In a message dated 8/1/2010 12:16:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
sjtruog at yahoo.com writes:

Ugh -  that does bring up some bad memories of the "kick NU out of the Big 
Ten"  movement in the 80s.

However, they can flip the writer's smug sentence  on him and say that the 
only reason the SEC has "held on" to Vanderbilt is for  a shred of academic 
credibility. Face it, without the Commodores, they might  as well strip the 
word "University" from the rest of the schools in the  league. 

This summer's Big Ten search and the introduction to the non  academic 
world that there was an AAU outside of the basketball club only  highlighted the 
gap between the SEC and other schools in terms of the focus on  being a 
real university and not just a Nike factory.

Probably nothing  to worry about for Vandy - but this isn't the Big Ten, 
it's the SEC, and I  wouldn't dismiss the push as easily. It may be all talk, 
but at least the Big  Ten uses the term "student athlete" without mumbling 
the first word.

Oh  well, columns like that forget how things can always change. One 
preview  magazine this year had a list of six BCS schools not carrying their 
weight in  their respective conferences - Indiana was listed for the Big Ten, not 
 Northwestern!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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