Oh really...so we're supposed to believe Wikipedia and other websites are wrong on this and you're right... So you're saying that Syracuse got kicked out last year? Show me a link...
90% time you can get away with quickly looking something up and acting like you know what you're talking about. This wasn't one of those times.
the only piece I read was that Syracuse and Nebraska were both notified that their membership was going under review at the same time. While Nebraska elected to have their membership come to a vote, Syracuse elected to leave on their own.
Was Syracuse voted out? No. Did they leave on their own? yes.
What would the vote have been had they decided to persue that route? Nobody knows, but there is a reason Syracuse elected not to go to a vote...
Was Marinatto terminated, or did he resign on his own? It's debatable. My belief is that he was shown the writing on the wall and the BE Presidents wanted a change. Rather than smearing his name which is all too common, they did it the professional way and allowed him to resign.
I think this was a similar issue with Syracuse and AAU. They were't going to get the votes, they knew it, and rather than go through a process like Nebraska, they bowed out.
And for the record, I didn't need to look up whether Nebraska was in the AAU. I actually remembered the articles from when they were voted out. I will concede that a school needs to be an AAU member to be 'invited' to the Big10 may still apply (unless you're ND). But the conference can no longer state all schools are AAU members.