[Buckeye McFrog]

IMO the Big Ten’s decision was driven by the fact that they are state schools, mostly in states where the governors are Lockdown Nazis.

Rugters (Phil Murphy)
Maryland (Larry Hogan)
Penn State (Tom Wolf)
Michigan, Michigan State (Gretchen Whitmer)
Wisconsin (Tony Evers)
Illinois (J.B. Pritzker)
Minnesota (Tim Walz)
Ohio State (Mike DeWine, borderline Lockdown Nazi)

[John W]

Put Indiana, Eric Holcomb, in same class with DeWine. IU, PU.

[lodi90]

Yeah, I agree. So far this is a blue/red state thing. ACC is the one to watch now. Might Clemson leave the ACC and join the SEC? Democrats are playing with fire here. Their TDS is blinding them to potential destruction of their leagues and even the NCAA.

[dakine]

Everyone always forgets about Northwestern...

Even though they are a private University - they are still in Illinois..

Go ‘Cats!!

[NTHockey]

And without revenue, they turn to the states for funding. Which means taxes go up.

[Fiji Hill]

IMO the Big Ten’s decision was driven by the fact that they are state schools, mostly in states where the governors are Lockdown Nazis.

The same is true with the Pac 12, two-thirds of whose teams are in Oregon, Washington and California, whose rulers are among the worst lockdown tyrants.