July 1 - Moving Day 2023

[crixus]

Massive news out tonight in the D2 Football World. Notre Dame College is shutting down.

https://footballscoop.com/news/divis...e-to-shut-down

Back when Alderson Broaddus closed I remember reading rumors on this board that Notre Dame College was in trouble. Turns out they were true.

[Argonut]

The enrollment cliff is real and unfortunately there will be many more schools joining Notre Dame over the next decade.

[crixus]

The enrollment cliff is real and unfortunately there will be many more schools joining Notre Dame over the next decade.

The Mountain East Conference is taking a considerable hit (Alderson Broaddus closed, affiliate UNC Pembroke football is moving to another conference in 2025 and now Notre Dame College is closing). They're adding Point Park, but they don't have football.

[SW_Mustang]

Yeah, Men's and Women's for many years. CalPac Conference (NAIA).

They were founded when I was in middle school. Good for them.

[SW_Mustang]

The enrollment cliff is real and unfortunately there will be many more schools joining Notre Dame over the next decade.

Yup... it's already begun with small liberal arts colleges closing and clusters of small public schools consolidating. Just another domino falling.

Gonna be curious who stays and who goes in the big shakeout.

[crixus]

They were founded when I was in middle school. Good for them.

Yep, you're getting up there. UC Merced is doing well, both academically and athletically. VERY good for them!

[TheBigCat2192]

The enrollment cliff is real and unfortunately there will be many more schools joining Notre Dame over the next decade.

Just wait until “student-athletes” are deemed employees. Can’t use sports as enrollment/revenue boosters when you have to pay the players.

[crixus]

The enrollment cliff is real and unfortunately there will be many more schools joining Notre Dame over the next decade.

I always feel bad when I hear about any college shutting down. I have family members that went to Alderson Broaddus University and when they closed it hit hard. Fortunately the former AB campus was purchased and has reopened as Battlers Knob. It will be used for office space, assisted living facility, wedding chapel, conventions, concerts, youth sports and semi-pro football. That's great news for the Philippi, WV economy.

[zimmy21]

The enrollment cliff is real and unfortunately there will be many more schools joining Notre Dame over the next decade.

And yet the NSIC is adding a school with less than 1200 students....so dumb

[Predatory Primates]

And yet the NSIC is adding a school with less than 1200 students....so dumb

Lenoir rhyne and Ouachita Baptist are around that size.

[D2Rover]

Yep, you're getting up there. UC Merced is doing well, both academically and athletically. VERY good for them!

I remember there being talk that D2 was the long term plan back when I was there. Always figured that would mean a better basketball gym, but I don't see any indication that is the case. All 5 local public high schools in Merced/Atwater have significantly nicer gyms than UC Merced does. Soccer field is pretty nice.

Academics always seemed to be heading in the right direction. Crazy how much campus has grown since I left in 2020.

[crixus]

I remember there being talk that D2 was the long term plan back when I was there. Always figured that would mean a better basketball gym, but I don't see any indication that is the case. All 5 local public high schools in Merced/Atwater have significantly nicer gyms than UC Merced does. Soccer field is pretty nice.

Academics always seemed to be heading in the right direction. Crazy how much campus has grown since I left in 2020.

Yes, it's grown a lot. And then there's the proximity to Yosemite NP. I went to SJSU, but if I were a student at UC Merced I'd go to Yosemite whenever possible.

[zimmy21]

Lenoir rhyne and Ouachita Baptist are around that size.

Yeah, but they're established D2 schools, Jamestown is a junk NAIA school with a ton of Students that are Athletes whose programs are about to get cut

[SW_Mustang]

Yep, you're getting up there. UC Merced is doing well, both academically and athletically. VERY good for them!

I'm not THAT old... or am I?

Back when I was finishing my AA I was looking at the UC system as a possible landing spot and tried to familiarize myself with as many of their campuses as I could - kinda glad I didn't go through with it purely for the debt factor, but it would have been a blast.

I'm not sure if they had sports back then or not, so it's cool to get that confirmation.

[crixus]

I'm not THAT old... or am I?

Back when I was finishing my AA I was looking at the UC system as a possible landing spot and tried to familiarize myself with as many of their campuses as I could - kinda glad I didn't go through with it purely for the debt factor, but it would have been a blast.

I'm not sure if they had sports back then or not, so it's cool to get that confirmation.

If you're 30 years old or more you're supposed to be dead. See this classic movie! I was 16 when it came out and the premise gave me the creeps. :D