A member of the Michigan State Board of Trustees is speaking out about the $2.4 billion investment the Big Ten Conference is considering taking on, even as Michigan and Southern California remain staunch holdouts.

Mike Balow, elected to the MSU board in November 2024, said in a statement provided to The Detroit News that the proposed deal, being pushed by Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, has left him with questions that continue to go unanswered. Balow also suggested the process hasn't felt completely transparent, and said that school boards, not presidents and chancellors, should be the ones deciding whether to move forward with the proposed landmark deal.

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