Re: G-MAC All-Sports and Conference Business Thread
I would hope that CED and URS would vote with their "Founding Member of G-MAC" hat on instead of their "Ohio" hat.
I remain convinced that there is a way to do additions that satisfy the whole.
I would lean toward satisfying KWC over TNU - because of the case I made earlier (that I'm convinced that TNU would greatly prefer to be in a southern conference and are always a flight risk).
I think if you use 3 spots to solidify the west/south, that leaves 1 spot for an additional WV school (not counting the OVU spot that you guys theorize may open at some point). If OVU opens, I'd say that should remain a 4th WV school - if possible. Question - would 4 WV schools be enticing enough for AB and D&E to stay long term? I hope so. If you add any more than one additional school in WV, you are stealing from Peter to pay Paul - greatly limiting what you can do out west to help KWC (and to a lesser extent TNU) out.
If Tiffin (the only OH school that I think should be considered at this point) is really in discussions*, then that only leaves 2 schools to bridge to KWC/TNU. Otherwise, there would be 3 spots.
*There might be a reason there is movement at Tiffin. They can do the same math we are doing. If the G-MAC is going to try to build bridges, they can't take more than one more OH school (and even that is pushing it).
Originally posted by JDonAB92
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I remain convinced that there is a way to do additions that satisfy the whole.
I would lean toward satisfying KWC over TNU - because of the case I made earlier (that I'm convinced that TNU would greatly prefer to be in a southern conference and are always a flight risk).
I think if you use 3 spots to solidify the west/south, that leaves 1 spot for an additional WV school (not counting the OVU spot that you guys theorize may open at some point). If OVU opens, I'd say that should remain a 4th WV school - if possible. Question - would 4 WV schools be enticing enough for AB and D&E to stay long term? I hope so. If you add any more than one additional school in WV, you are stealing from Peter to pay Paul - greatly limiting what you can do out west to help KWC (and to a lesser extent TNU) out.
If Tiffin (the only OH school that I think should be considered at this point) is really in discussions*, then that only leaves 2 schools to bridge to KWC/TNU. Otherwise, there would be 3 spots.
*There might be a reason there is movement at Tiffin. They can do the same math we are doing. If the G-MAC is going to try to build bridges, they can't take more than one more OH school (and even that is pushing it).
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