NJDuck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted March 15 A proposed bill in the Oregon state House would require public universities to receive approval from the state Legislature if they wish to change conference affiliation for college sports. House Bill 3427, proposed by Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, calls for public state universities that wish to “change the athletic association, conference or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports” to make the recommendation to “the appropriate legislative committees for review.” The desired change in conferences “may not take effect unless it has first been submitted to the appropriate legislative committees ... and has been approved by the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly may adopt, amend or reject the proposed change,” according to the proposed HB 3427. A public hearing and possible work session for the bill has been called for March 28 at 3 p.m. Oregon House bill would require approval of state Legislature for public universities to change conferences WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM A public hearing and possible work session for the bill has been called for March 28 at 3 p.m. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2002duck No. 2 Share Posted March 15 Sounds like we need to get to the B1G before 3/28/23- signed, sealed, delivered. Mostly joking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted March 15 Monmouth is pretty close to Corvallis, (where the sponsor of the bill is from) and this looks like a way to protect "Corvallis College," (one of their actual names in the past) I assume. Are the Beavers scared? 1 Quote Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUCati855 No. 4 Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2023 at 2:51 PM, Charles Fischer said: Monmouth is pretty close to Corvallis, (where the sponsor of the bill is from) and this looks like a way to protect "Corvallis College," (one of their actual names in the past) I assume. Are the Beavers scared? My thoughts exactly. Beavers trying to lock themselves to the Duck's tails. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Perkins No. 5 Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2023 at 2:28 PM, 2002duck said: Sounds like we need to get to the B1G before 3/28/23- signed, sealed, delivered. Mostly joking! It's true, if approved, the Ducks will never join the Big-Ten. Guaranteed the Oregon legislature would only approve of the move if OSU goes as well, and if the that's the case then the Big-Ten won't take the Ducks. They don't want the dead-weight Beavers watering down the slice of the pie. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck023 No. 6 Share Posted March 16 With all the crime why are there so many bills trying to sabotage Oregon's football team? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 7 Share Posted March 16 The Oregon solons have nothing better to do? SMH. The Oregon schools are not governed by the a board of state regents as is the case in California. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 8 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2023 at 10:30 AM, Jon Joseph said: The Oregon solons have nothing better to do? SMH. The Oregon schools are not governed by the a board of state regents as is the case in California. True, at least for the time being. What we are seeing is the unavoidable domino effect forced on west coast public institutions by the choice of one private California university. I wouldn’t be surprised if something similar is brewing amongst salons in Washington as well. The freedom of choice clock is certainly ticking for certain west coast public universities. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 9 Share Posted March 16 On 3/15/2023 at 7:33 PM, Darren Perkins said: It's true, if approved, the Ducks will never join the Big-Ten. Guaranteed the Oregon legislature would only approve of the move if OSU goes as well, and if the that's the case then the Big-Ten won't take the Ducks. They don't want the dead-weight Beavers watering down the slice of the pie. Depending on the clout of OR/OR ST in the legislature and the influence of PK I would expect a move by Oregon to be approved with a possible 'tax' on Duck revenue like the tax imposed in favor of CAL on UCLA? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
