Before you all got into a ******* match with HawkfromNorwalk, I will come to his defense and support him because he's right. That's right I said it! He's right. This isn't about greed, it's about business. Because schools need operating capital. ISU's living off the tax payers while unlike my adopted school in Ames, institutions like Ohio St, Penn St, MI St, and Iowa have athletic programs that actually generate enough income to not only support themselves, but I know for a fact that they fund other departments on campus as well as the athletic departments. So if you want throw stones at the BoR you better look at ISU first as the problem. The BoR has hitched their wagon to Iowa...and for a good reason.
BTW, other than the State of Iowa, I've never recalled any of the other Midwest states that I've lived in having a BoR. Are they actually paid for that job title? Who pays them? You and me? Why?
ISU is very close to operating without taxpayer support. If you added the BTN kickbacks, they would most definately operate without taxpayer supportl (+$13million).
The BOR is like the Board of directors in a company. The presidents of the university report to them and can be fired by them.
The BOR is reponsible for ensuring the success of each of the universities that they control. Would lit be better for ISU to be in the Big Ten than what they are in for now? Yes. But, for years the BOR has been dominated by uofi grads and even now I think there is only 1 ISU grad on the board. I think their ego has gotten in the way of an objective view of what ISU needs. IMO, having ISU in a BCS conference add value to ISU and the state in general. It is free advertising for the university.