Previewing the Big Ten spring meetings

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The Big Ten doesn’t hold its annual spring meetings at a swanky coastal resort, like the ACC or SEC, or at a desert Shangri-La, like the Pac-12 and Big 12. Practicality trumps luxury in the Big Ten, which will gather Monday through Wednesday at league headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois, a few hundred yards east of the tarmac at O’Hare International Airport.

Forget those swimming pools, oceanside golf courses and five-star restaurants that the other Power 5 leagues enjoy. The Big Ten shares a building with Fogo de Chao and has indoor skydiving nearby. What more do you need? The bravest souls — looking at you, Barry Alvarez — may attempt both.

While the Big Ten doesn’t make the spring meetings bigger than they are — football coaches haven’t attended since 2011 and will skip again this year after gathering in February — there are still key items that will be discussed this week. Athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty representatives will be on hand along with the men’s basketball coaches.

“It’s an extremely full agenda,” one athletic director said. “It will be jam-packed.”

Let’s take a look.

Although the football coaches aren’t attending, athletic directors will discuss several gridiron items, especially those in the comprehensive review of recruiting issues that will continue throughout the summer. An early signing …

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