Me thinks WRAL puts way too much emphasis on Warner's contribution.
We aren't in because of Warner. We're in because of 2 things. 1) Dr Casteen's absolute insistence on VT being included. 2) Duke and UNC's absolute insistence on no expansion.
What Warner provided was political protection for Dr Casteen. I'm quite sure Warner made it known to any and all UVA BoV members that they had better not mess with Dr Casteen's position on VT.
And the insistence by UNC and Duke to oppose any and all expansion made sure Dr Casteen's vote remained the veto. Dr Casteen had leverage only as long as either UNC and Duke voted no on expansion.
Also, I didn't realize UVA had 100 members on it's BoV.
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Posted: 06/07/2017 at 04:56AM