July 1 - Moving Day 2023

[SW_Mustang]

Chicago State, the last D1 independent, is joining the NEC. Now will they start football?

Chicago State University To Join Northeast Conference - Chicago State University Athletics (gocsucougars.com)

I read on Twitter that they are going to explore the possibility and even engage in some fundraising activities. Source is usually pretty reliable.

[ctrabs74]

Chicago State, the last D1 independent, is joining the NEC. Now will they start football?

Chicago State University To Join Northeast Conference - Chicago State University Athletics (gocsucougars.com)

It seems as though Chicago State can barely support their existing athletic programs; I can't see how they would even entertain the idea of fielding a football team (Chicago already has enough bad football with Da Bears), not to mention finding a suitable location to play. For context: Roosevelt, which will be joining the GLIAC next season, plays their "home" football games in Arlington Heights. This would be the equivalent (hypothetically, of course) of Wayne State (Mich.) playing off-campus home games in Sterling Heights or somewhere in Macomb County.

[EastStroud13]

NEC must be super desperate to let them in too.

They were. They only had 7 full members.

[cwfenn]

Chicago State, the last D1 independent, is joining the NEC. Now will they start football?

Chicago State University To Join Northeast Conference - Chicago State University Athletics (gocsucougars.com)

Has this school been good in anything since they went D1? Now they have to make a bunch of trips to the Northeast every year to face teams in a conference whose members seem to be changing every month? Can’t imagine that helps with the athletics budget.

They should drop to D2 and try to join the GLIAC or GLVC. Or maybe even drop to D3, I don’t know.

NEC must be super desperate to let them in too.

[GorillaTeacher]

I made a comment on another forum almost three years ago that they had 27 teams (most in D2 at the time) and would have difficulty financing all those teams in D1. Three teams have been added since. Here they are just 18 months into their D1 reclassification and they slash 1/3rd of their NCAA teams. Also saw that of the 9 NCAA programs cut, 6 are men's teams.

Cheap teams, too. Men's indoor and outdoor track? That NCAA tourney money must not be as good as it sounds.

[KleShreen]

Chicago State, the last D1 independent, is joining the NEC. Now will they start football?

Chicago State University To Join Northeast Conference - Chicago State University Athletics (gocsucougars.com)

I feel like there's no way they would. They've been struggling financially for over a decade now. But who knows.

[laker]

Chicago State, the last D1 independent, is joining the NEC. Now will they start football?

Chicago State University To Join Northeast Conference - Chicago State University Athletics (gocsucougars.com)

[Tech Boys]

Lindenwood just announced they were cutting 11 programs. Dang

I made a comment on another forum almost three years ago that they had 27 teams (most in D2 at the time) and would have difficulty financing all those teams in D1. Three teams have been added since. Here they are just 18 months into their D1 reclassification and they slash 1/3rd of their NCAA teams. Also saw that of the 9 NCAA programs cut, 6 are men's teams.

[KleShreen]

Lindenwood just announced they were cutting 11 programs. Dang

After they just went D1 lol. Yet another prime example of why it is a terrible idea.

[canadarican]

Lindenwood just announced they were cutting 11 programs. Dang

[IUPNation]

The CAA already has too many teams. They should not be in the business of giving programs life rafts.

Plus they go down to 14 teams....that is enough.

[laker]

Interesting...maybe the CAA looks to get one of the two NEC teams (Merrimack, Sacred Heart) that just left for the MAAC?

Who are they going to play football with since the MAAC doesn't have football and today the NEC announced that Robert Morris is coming back for next fall? They didn't list those two teams with the NEC schools that play the sport.

[EastStroud13]

Interesting...maybe the CAA looks to get one of the two NEC teams (Merrimack, Sacred Heart) that just left for the MAAC?

The CAA already has too many teams. They should not be in the business of giving programs life rafts.

[wscsuperfan]

Weird thinking Delaware and UTEP are in the same conference

Really all of those teams together is kind of a weird conglomeration

Delaware
Florida International
Jacksonville State
Liberty
Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee State
New Mexico State
Sam Houston State
Texas-El Paso
Western Kentucky

Delaware also must pay a $5 million fee to move up. That is a new cost this year.....previously it was just $5,000.

[cwfenn]

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Interesting...maybe the CAA looks to get one of the two NEC teams (Merrimack, Sacred Heart) that just left for the MAAC?