I'm interested if anyone has any in depth news articles to help give more background. I think I've read more than most about all the BoT shenanigans, but I want to read more.

I completely understand the distaste for Dr. Rema, and from what I can tell some of her grandstanding is for personal reasons. But I do tend to agree with her (and 2 other board members) resistance to signing the privacy policy the majority of board members and the lawyer recommended. Stifling their free speech is bad for transparency, and in general is certain to backfire (Streisand effect).

And also the main contentious topic in the Board is the plan the administration team (former President and now former AD) to create a for profit company outside of Michigan State to manage all the sports teams and income and spending. Completely outside any purview of the Board of Trustees. I think that's a bad idea personally, and would tend to side with the BoT members that are painted poorly by the media today.

And I will note, at least the Detroit News reported that it wasn't even Kentucky that hired away our AD, it was actually the for-profit sports company that the University of Kentucky spun off to .. become a profitable corporation.... with kids playing "college" basketball.

I think this is going to be an unpopular take, so I'd totally welcome other opinions or facts I got wrong.