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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129511699" data-attributes="member: 1428007">In one of the recent articles, I believe it was Bowlsby who stated the new studies are directly related to questions people asked about information they were presented with--i.e. they wanted to see specific configurations of divisions with one, two and three crossover opponents on a permanent basis.&nbsp; Much of the information such as the actual candidates was already in hand--Boren mentioned long ago that they've been studying schools for a long while and have all that pertinent info.&nbsp; They've had presentations on conference networks and new media and other things before, and Boren referenced that they had identified 6 or 7 schools that would be additive.&nbsp; This was all well before the most current meetings.&nbsp; Many things were known to the relevant committee members, and as Boren stated, they then take that info to the entire membership where decisisons are made.&nbsp; Bowlsby stated that before the recent meetings they had hired consultants to collect and present more data on each of the relevant items.Boren isn't just making things up he's speaking from a place of knowledge on the matter.&nbsp; When he states each school is losing $4 to $6 million per year per school--those are numbers he has been shown by consultants, not wishful guesses based on nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129511699, member: 1428007"] In one of the recent articles, I believe it was Bowlsby who stated the new studies are directly related to questions people asked about information they were presented with--i.e. they wanted to see specific configurations of divisions with one, two and three crossover opponents on a permanent basis. Much of the information such as the actual candidates was already in hand--Boren mentioned long ago that they've been studying schools for a long while and have all that pertinent info. They've had presentations on conference networks and new media and other things before, and Boren referenced that they had identified 6 or 7 schools that would be additive. This was all well before the most current meetings. Many things were known to the relevant committee members, and as Boren stated, they then take that info to the entire membership where decisisons are made. Bowlsby stated that before the recent meetings they had hired consultants to collect and present more data on each of the relevant items. Boren isn't just making things up he's speaking from a place of knowledge on the matter. When he states each school is losing $4 to $6 million per year per school--those are numbers he has been shown by consultants, not wishful guesses based on nothing. [/QUOTE]

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