G-MAC All-Sports and Conference Business Thread

[JDonAB92]

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So, we know that Ashland turned down the G-MAC's invitation to join the league. That means that the conference has ideas of continuing to expand. The conference will have 14 members coming up. It is an odd makeup. One of the schools in the league only offers athletics on the women's side of things. We would need to expand to add another football school in my opinion. We have 9 members that play football. That leaves an 8-team league schedule which is not real ideal because that leaves 3 OOC slots each year. Where is the conference going with this? I am not interested in waiting around on Ashland. I don't like their response to our invitation.

The league has shown that they will ask other schools from other leagues. I do think the league office feels pressure from the football schools to add one or two more schools. They haven't stopped since the initial expansion.

Do we go after a GLVC private institution?

Do we go after a school at another level, ie NAIA, D3?

Do we go after a private school in the MEC?

There are some private D2 schools in TN but none real close to Trevecca.

[crixus]

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And the NCAA goes "IMPERMISSIBLE! IMPERMISSIBLE, WILL ROBINSON! IMPERMISSIBLE!"

Just wanted to commend you on your Lost In Space gif. :D Although your's is better, I thought I'd share a color version.

[UFOILERFAN]

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BTW- their violation was that an assistant coach let an injured female basketball player live with her while she rehabbed from surgery. I'm not really morally shaken by that.

Yeah, I'm not either.

[kdubnation]

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BTW- their violation was that an assistant coach let an injured female basketball player live with her while she rehabbed from surgery. I'm not really morally shaken by that.

And the NCAA goes "IMPERMISSIBLE! IMPERMISSIBLE, WILL ROBINSON! IMPERMISSIBLE!"

[BlueBlood]

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Since they will be independent after this school year, they could apply to D2 next February and be able to start in a new conference in the fall of 2019. Probably not the first school to be on probation and then change divisions. NCAA is currently busy with the D1 basketball mess.

BTW- their violation was that an assistant coach let an injured female basketball player live with her while she rehabbed from surgery. I'm not really morally shaken by that.

[UFOILERFAN]

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Given the NCAA violation, I don't know that either conference would really target them.

However, their location is pretty ideal for the G-MAC. Which, has to make the G-MAC at least consider them - even if they are currently displaying a giant wart.

They fit better in the G-MAC footprint than the GLVC's.

Since they will be independent after this school year, they could apply to D2 next February and be able to start in a new conference in the fall of 2019. Probably not the first school to be on probation and then change divisions. NCAA is currently busy with the D1 basketball mess.

[Horsepower]

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I doubt they would want to extend our footprint 90 minutes to the East with all of the westward expansion we've been doing.

Understand. I thought with the loss of St. Joe's from the GLVC that UIndy, USI and BU would have a closer opponent. It seemed like Benedictine was geographically replacing UWP so Lewis and Benedictine could be a coupled road trip. UIndy/USI then BU/TMC

[schnautza]

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Interesting. Would they not be a target of the GLVC also?

I doubt they would want to extend our footprint 90 minutes to the East with all of the westward expansion we've been doing.

[BlueBlood]

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Interesting. Would they not be a target of the GLVC also?

Given the NCAA violation, I don't know that either conference would really target them.

However, their location is pretty ideal for the G-MAC. Which, has to make the G-MAC at least consider them - even if they are currently displaying a giant wart.

They fit better in the G-MAC footprint than the GLVC's.

[Horsepower]

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Well, with my Jackets coming in 9th and missing the 8-team tournament, I might as well move on to conference business.

Thomas More has still not made any announcement regarding their future conference / NCAA division intentions. They announced they were leaving the D3 PAC this past Summer. No word from them since. Some have speculated that they are considering D2. As I stated before, I don't really think they are G-MAC bound. However, they do sit in a geographic area that would appear to be a G-MAC priority. So, I've been keeping an eye on them - and probably will until they make some kind of announcement.

TMC just put out their football schedule for next year. It is an "Independent" schedule, with only 3 home games and 7 away games. The road trips are far ones - further than they made in the PA-based PAC conference they left. It is certainly not a desirable schedule, and I wouldn't think it is sustainable long-term. Interestingly, one of their games is against LEC.

I'll keep watching.

http://www.tmcsaints.com/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule

Interesting. Would they not be a target of the GLVC also?

[BlueBlood]

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I looked up TMC's NCAA violation - their two years of probation ends on November 14, 2018. I'm wondering if that fact and the long delay in announcing a new conference lends credibility to the D2 rumors. If you are just switching D3 conferences, I don't think the probation would hold you back. However, I don't think you would want to subject yourself to the D2 application/review process until your probation had expired.

[BlueBlood]

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Well, with my Jackets coming in 9th and missing the 8-team tournament, I might as well move on to conference business.

Thomas More has still not made any announcement regarding their future conference / NCAA division intentions. They announced they were leaving the D3 PAC this past Summer. No word from them since. Some have speculated that they are considering D2. As I stated before, I don't really think they are G-MAC bound. However, they do sit in a geographic area that would appear to be a G-MAC priority. So, I've been keeping an eye on them - and probably will until they make some kind of announcement.

TMC just put out their football schedule for next year. It is an "Independent" schedule, with only 3 home games and 7 away games. The road trips are far ones - further than they made in the PA-based PAC conference they left. It is certainly not a desirable schedule, and I wouldn't think it is sustainable long-term. Interestingly, one of their games is against LEC.

I'll keep watching.

http://www.tmcsaints.com/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule

[glvcpro]

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USI loses again against ROCKHURST!!! Lol!!

[UFOILERFAN]

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http://www.d2football.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90289

Saw this on the GLIAC board. Ashland commits to GLIAC - at least through 2020.

Interesting wording: "After careful consideration, President Campo indicated on Friday that the University has decided to remain in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), and will not review the status again until 2020."

It doesn't say "no sooner than 2020". It sounds like they actually plan on reviewing the status again in 2020.

Might have told the GLIAC that they need to get some schools closer to Ashland. Who knows? Findlay's happy in the GMAC, have no idea what other schools are thinking. I would think that we would hear more by the end of February but I thought the same thing last February.

[BlueBlood]

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http://www.d2football.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90289

Saw this on the GLIAC board. Ashland commits to GLIAC - at least through 2020.

Interesting wording: "After careful consideration, President Campo indicated on Friday that the University has decided to remain in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), and will not review the status again until 2020."

It doesn't say "no sooner than 2020". It sounds like they actually plan on reviewing the status again in 2020.