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[Brandon]

I have nothing against the NAIA, but it does not have the capacity to absorb a lot of teams.

A better scenario would be for the NCAA to...

[Brandon]

That guy was crazy....

[Brandon]

Have you been to a lot of D2 stadiums?...

[Brandon]

What do you mean?...

[Brandon]

Why do you believe that's the case? What percentage who donate solely to athletics would donate to the academic side instead?

Couldn't it...

[Brandon]

Has there been an effort to grow the endowment? It seems that most of the fundraising being done has been for construction....

[Brandon]

The quotes I heard about enrollment were more about culture changing than about capacity....

[Brandon]

I was going to say that exact thing re. Ashland/Saginaw Valley.

People didn't read into it, but essentially what you posted is "the...

[Brandon]

(1) I actually agree that increased enrollment should not be the reasoning for funding athletic success because there is a gamble that the success will...

[Brandon]

It happens even in D2 but it's hard to use Northwest as an example, outside of 98/99, because the championships have happened so frequently. Plus, don't...

[Brandon]

For the most part, nothing in GLIAC Football will change with an Ashland departure. Ashland is a solid program - no doubt about it. But the two best...

[Brandon]

It's amazing how any improvement leads people to believe it means a move. Maybe Commerce just wants to dominate the LSC and win national championshi...

[Brandon]

It's a mistake to look at it as how many teams per conference get picked. If you put the best 10 teams in a conference, only two or three would make...

[Brandon]

This was a result of a heavy rain and a drainage system backup.

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[Brandon]

I think that's an anomaly. I can't count the number of times I've heard about record enrollment by national champions over the last 20 years. It might...

[Brandon]

Indianapolis should stay right where they are...
Hillsdale should move back to the GLIAC...
NDC should move to the GMAC......

[Brandon]

Most people who attended public universities don't think in public/private terms....

[Brandon]

I am sorry that I have been slow to update.

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[Brandon]

Eight teams is very common.

To the best of my knowledge, this is how it will look in 2021:

CIAA 12
GAC 12
GLIAC...

[Brandon]

10 game max.
7 games to be playoff eligible.
5 games to field a program.