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Newsstand: Regent suggests Michigan would consider leaving Big Ten

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Michigan regent Jordan Acker suggested on Monday that the school might be willing to leave the Big Ten if it goes through with its capital investment deal without the support of the university.

UC Investments, the University of California’s non-profit pension fund, and the Big Ten have been trying to push through a 20-year, $2.4 billion deal that both Michigan and USC have rallied against. Acker told SiriusXM that U-M might look around at its other options if the league decided to push a deal through without their signature.

“It gives us a chance now to sit back and say, what else is out there? What else should we be doing?” Acker said on the “College Sports Today” radio show. “What should we be looking at in terms of Michigan’s future that makes sense?”

“…Our north star is going to remain the same — and that is doing what’s right for the University of Michigan, regardless of what the other 16 or 17 schools decide to do,” Acker said. “We have a powerful brand, one of the most powerful in college sports, and we’re going to continue to do whatever we can to maximize our leverage for the University of Michigan.

“If the Big Ten and their member schools decide they want to push out one of their most powerful brands, that’s on commissioner Petitti. You’d have to ask him why he’d want to do that. I don’t know if there’s a Big Ten without Michigan.”

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