Missouri's Freedom of Information request
Someone's finally done it. Bravo, to the
Columbia Missourian for filing a Freedom of Information ACT request with the University of Missouri.
The intent was see if there has been any
communication between the school and the Big Ten. But has you can see if you read the school's response, Missouri may have provided key information about the Big Ten negotiations by
denying the request.
The school said it was protected from releasing any information that includes "sealed bids and related documents until the bids are opened," or "documents related to a negotiated contract." While Missouri would not confirm or deny whether such documents exist, that is its stance. . The paper's attorney said the school's response was "correct, as long as you have contract negotiations going on."
We may have found the first smoking gun in the Big Ten expansion shoot out.
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