Bison_Kent
03-10-2003, 03:02 AM
I have asked the "expert" at I-AA.org what the waiting period was for teams moving from Division II to I-AA. He has stated that with or without an affiliation with a current conference the waiting period is 5 years in total, one being still in Division II (the exploratory year).
So since it is 5 years, finding a conference is not as important for NDSU until the 5 year period is up. I think we could schedule several teams from the Gateway and Big Sky and other independents to make up a football schedule.
The one problem is the other sports. Basketball wouldn't be as easy to schedule teams, especially late in the season.
Here is the story in I-AA.org:
http://i-aa.org/qa_front.asp
So since it is 5 years, finding a conference is not as important for NDSU until the 5 year period is up. I think we could schedule several teams from the Gateway and Big Sky and other independents to make up a football schedule.
The one problem is the other sports. Basketball wouldn't be as easy to schedule teams, especially late in the season.
Here is the story in I-AA.org:
http://i-aa.org/qa_front.asp