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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 542931, member: 2524"] Agree that AAU membership isn't a deciding factor as far as invitations, but it may be important for publicity/propaganda/negotiating purposes on both ends. In order for the B1G to win UNC and UVa away from the SEC, they need to have academic standards that don't permit them to take Va Tech and NC State. That way the way to maximize money into NC/Va is Va Tech + NC State to SEC, UNC and UVa to B1G, and the B1G gets state legislators and other powers backing its preference. If the B1G doesn't have any academic standards, then the reverse, UNC+UVa to SEC and NC State+ VaTech to B1G, becomes plausible and UNC and UVa may get their choice. They might favor the SEC. FSU also has to sell a switch to a far-flung northern conference to its constituencies. If they can claim they're upgrading research and academics by moving to the B1G, that defuses objections. Once realignment is finished, they can drop the AAU charade. [/QUOTE]