I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
2 of these 3 need to happen (or, at least 1 to open up a spot) before UND makes it into the MVFC:
YSU heads to the CAA or jumps FBS to the MAC
ISUb drops football or goes non-scholly to the Pioneer
MSU goes to the Sunbelt
.......and that is it. From there, the Summit League member schools could lobby for another MVFC/Summit member for stability. My first pick would be EIU (slight purple on that last one...)
Not as crazy as you might think. EIU is a former full member of the Summit and current associate. The OVC seems to be on the upswing though, the last few years I thought we might be getting close to EIU deciding it outgrew the OVC and would come back. Not as likely anymore.
The MVFC has no real reason to add anybody right now. The only thing that could change that is if there becomes a more pressing need for stability in the Summit. Things will get very interesting when things start to crystallize between the P5 and G5 conferences. Why? Well, both the MVFC and BSC have a mixture of programs that are at the top of the FCS food chain and those that cannot or will not be financially able to fund football at 85 scholarships, FCOA, and pay their coaching staffs at what the G5 programs are at right now.
I mostly agree, I'd just like to add that there are also a bunch of G5 programs that will not want to continue to fund football at 85 scholarships, FCOA, and pay their coaching staffs at the level the G5 programs are at now, which is ultimately what will drive the G5 and the FCS together.
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie