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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CLHarperJackt" data-source="post: 1093024" data-attributes="member: 689"><p>U of Chicago withdrew "athletically" from the Big Ten in 1940, however it remained a member of the Big Ten, until 2016 when it withdrew totally, of which I was unaware, (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Academic_Alliance#cite_note-btaa_chicago-6" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Academic_Alliance#cite_note-btaa_chicago-6</a> ).  So at least form 1940-2016 the Big Ten membership was not dependent on athletics at all, much less football success.   And I doubt that the school presidents care all that much about a school's current football record for a membership invite, after all within a conference membership win and losing percentages are .500.</p></blockquote><p></p>