I was in Manchester business school today for a course and was talking to their director for exec education who had said they work with both City and utd and the difference between them was huge. City are very relaxed, professional, exude a business philosophy and confidence in how they interact with the school. Mentioned they'd done joint events in Hong Kong and other places......on the other had he said the rags had poor facilities, charged them to use them, seemed disjointed in how they ran their courses, were not considered a partner, had conflicting philosophies depending on who you spoke to...etc etc.
It was very clear the differences are more than financial ...they run deep and what we (our owners and stakeholders) have achieved cannot be copied or replicated by the rags...