Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[Purple Mav Man]

Resume should matter more than enrollment, IMO. I'm not advocating for kicking out Minot by any means, and I'm rootin' for the Red Beavers up there in Southern Canada, but... they haven't exactly been competitive despite their enrollment.

I'd maybe understand it if we weren't a small college conference, but (imo) a college of 5,000 and a college of 2,500 are going to be a lot more similar than a college of 5,000 and a college of 10,000.

You’ve been in school long enough now to understand that students are resources, haven’t you?? :)

[Purple Mav Man]

Resume should matter more than enrollment, IMO. I'm not advocating for kicking out Minot by any means, and I'm rootin' for the Red Beavers up there in Southern Canada, but... they haven't exactly been competitive despite their enrollment.

I'd maybe understand it if we weren't a small college conference, but (imo) a college of 5,000 and a college of 2,500 are going to be a lot more similar than a college of 5,000 and a college of 10,000.

I agree that resume should matter more. Enrollment can be a factor for viability of the school, though. And ability to maintain an athletic department.

Another comparison closer to Sioux Falls is both private. Minot is a state university. Not that it matters at all, just another comparison point. Again, night and day resumes though (again, at least in football). And many of us were tricked into thinking football was a foundation sport and required to be in the conference. Thus, making it important athletically. *cough* St Cloud/Crookston *cough*

[SW_Mustang]

Minot is twice the size and joined the league in 2012, when the league was looking to expand.

Sioux Falls is closer in size. But they also had a resume (in football at least).

Resume should matter more than enrollment, IMO. I'm not advocating for kicking out Minot by any means, and I'm rootin' for the Red Beavers up there in Southern Canada, but... they haven't exactly been competitive despite their enrollment.

I'd maybe understand it if we weren't a small college conference, but (imo) a college of 5,000 and a college of 2,500 are going to be a lot more similar than a college of 5,000 and a college of 10,000.

[Purple Mav Man]

Like Minot, right?

Minot is twice the size and joined the league in 2012, when the league was looking to expand.

Sioux Falls is closer in size. But they also had a resume (in football at least).

[NSU4LIFE]

Like Minot, right?

#BlameButch

[SW_Mustang]

A small NAIA school wanting to move up to join our league better have a hell of a resume. Jamestown does not.

Like Minot, right?

[Purple Mav Man]

Easiest decision on NSIC membership outside of "Should St. Cloud and Crookston be removed from the NSIC?"

I was actually going to add that as a 3rd option… figured we’d keep it simple.

[Tundra_Man]

I'm voting less on "Should Jamestown be part of the NSIC" and more on "Should the NSIC remain at an odd number of teams so we can have out-of-conference games."

[zimmy21]

Easiest decision on NSIC membership outside of "Should St. Cloud and Crookston be removed from the NSIC?"

[vikingfaithful]

A small NAIA school wanting to move up to join our league better have a hell of a resume. Jamestown does not.

[Purple Mav Man]