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Not an option for USD. Title IX in SD is measured by participants & spending, not scholarships. USD is already out of compliance on both fronts. Don't know Denver's situation.

Right. Because that's what I said.

Yeah, well UMKC doesn't sponsor baseball.

Good riddance to UMKC. They were a seat-filler in every sport except tennis and golf. And that one year in women's basketball.

Pretty sure Sioux Falls would outbid Fargo. They've got thousands of SDSU fans who treat the Summit Tournament the way Bison fans treat the FCS playoffs.

Because of scheduling oddities, Sioux Falls has, on occasion, hosted both events at the same time. Image here gives you a bit of an idea about the Arena/convention center layout:...

If the tournament had remained in Ft. Wayne, I find it difficult to imagine Valpo admins preferring to travel to Cedar City, Tulsa, and Shreveport over travel to Green Bay, Cleveland and...

I'll believe that when Minneapolis or St. Paul outbids Sioux Falls. They are certainly in a position to do so.

Because this tournament was #11 in the country in total attendance last year. Because this tournament draws better crowds for schools like IUPUI and IPFW than those schools do in their own home...

Would IUPUI or IPFW turn down an invite from the Horizon because the tournament was in Indiana? They would not.

If the location of the tournament makes no difference, then why change the location...

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Anonymous_donor_helps_ORUs_move_to_Southland_Conference/20111026_95_b1_cutlin18038

Baseball is a big deal (the CWS pays shares, IIRC, ORU's baseball program...

Okay, assume the tournament is in the Palace every year.

What happens when the Horizon invites Oakland? Do they say, 'nah, we're happy in the Summit because we host the tournament every year?'
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Meh. 180 in the Sagarin ratings, that's not awful, but it's wouldn't exactly boost the Summit's profile.

If Denver's a long-term member of the Summit, maybe you look at adding another school out...

That comment was directed primarily at AFA, which struggles in most Summit sports. Between the AFA & Denver there is only one decent Summit League program: Denver's basketball program.

Yeah, well, I guess both of us underestimated the stupidity of UMKC's administration.

The sad thing for the WAC is that UMKC gives them credibility.

Maybe you're not confused, but I am.

Did you mean that UNI, SIU, Illinois State, Indiana State and Missouri State would want to invite NDSU to the MVC, in order to keep them in the MVFC?
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Your wording implies confusion about the two conferences:



The MVC is at no risk of losing NDSU to the Big Sky, as NDSU is not in the MVC.

The MVFC may be at risk of losing NDSU to the Big...

The MVFC is not the same as the MVC, and the short answer to your question is "No." The longer answer is "Hell no."

Please. UND had nothing to do with the Montanas decision to stay FCS.

Also, all you need to know about Fullerton is contained in his revisionist insistence that the Big Sky expansion was intended to undermine the WAC. Who honestly believes that SUU & UND were...

I see only one conference as attractive to SDSU: The MVC.

And I see SDSU's entrance to the MVC falling under two possible scenarios:

SDSU records multiple sweet 16 appearances over a...

Well, you know what they say: 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'.

Frankly, requiring NDSU be included was, IMO, enlightened self-interest. It's in both universities' best interests...

Their FB program was FBS-level huge. They listed 138 participants last year.

Hockey is expensive, but it's probably the only sport they've got that's even close to self-supporting.

FYI: SDSU is...

Sorry, I thought you were implying that the problem stemmed from the hockey program.

Cutting FB & wrestling brings them into Title IX compliance as far as participation goes. Cutting hockey or...

Not quite.

Enrollment: 48% male
Participation: 61% male
Expenditures: 70% male

They've got a huge problem.