Just curious, is there a reason why some conferences want/require all of their members to play football?
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Because real schools play football!!! Hahahaha!!! Seriously though, I think it comes down to having every team play football insures a more level playing field across all sports. Hard for team A to compete in say basketball against team B when team A plays football, and there fore commits the largest part of their athletic budget to football, and team B, which does NOT play football, commits most of it's similar annual budget toward basketball. Also, having all teams sponsor football typically means that conferences can be smaller which increases efficiency and the amount of $'s each school gets when the conference distributes their NCAA $'s.
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Originally posted by UFOILERFAN View PostJust curious, is there a reason why some conferences want/require all of their members to play football?
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Originally posted by Brandon View PostI also think it has to do with the culture of the conference. Some schools worry that the non-football schools will vote in ways to de-emphasize football.
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Originally posted by WalterCampFan View PostMetro State University in Denver has the highest enrollment in the RMAC with 24,000 students and they don't have football.
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For about another month the CIAA will be all football schools. We had the hardline rule, but when the writing was on the wall with Chowan leaving we needed Claflin to keep an even balance.
Back in the early 2000's the conference made a push for all schools to sponsor football. It seems to have benefited St Augs and Shaw, but Saint Paul's couldn't hang with the extra expenses and the school ultimately shut down the athletics programs and then completely closed down.
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Originally posted by zimmy21 View PostTrue, some even jumped ship to play football only in the GLVC right? For some reason my head is telling me one went to the GAC to play football also?
As best as I can recall, no MIAA members jumped to join the GAC; the GAC consists of six former GSC members from Arkansas (four public, two private), four former LSC members from the Oklahoma state schools and two private schools from Oklahoma who joined the GAC while transitioning from the NAIA.Cal U (Pa.) Class of 2014
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Newman has been informed that the MIAA is studying membership shifts in NCAA Division II, particularly in the Midwest, and holding discussions on whether to remove a requirement that member schools must sponsor football in order to be a full MIAA member institution.
While the conference addresses this question and concludes its membership study, which also determines whether it will expand or add full members, Newman has been invited by the MIAA CEO Council to participate as an associate member.
https://newmanjets.com/news/2018/2/8...n-2019-20.aspx
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