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Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

Yikes, Maine and URI of the past quality regional Yankee Conference to a quality CAA Conference to now an increasingly struggling to survive conference inviting Sacred Heart.

For SHU, a conference upgrade albeit a likely further football financial drain. Tiny stadium, negligible if any media revenues, possible sunk costs publicity. Anyone have any insights on how SHU rationalizes its football program’s existence, resulting required increase in Title IX funding, etc.?
 
This is what happens when some of your best members upgrade to FBS or move to the Patriot League.

I read a rumor elsewhere that the southern schools might be on their way out.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Yikes, Maine and URI of the past quality regional Yankee Conference to a quality CAA Conference to now an increasingly struggling to survive conference inviting Sacred Heart.

For SHU, a conference upgrade albeit a likely further football financial drain. Tiny stadium, negligible if any media revenues, possible sunk costs publicity. Anyone have any insights on how SHU rationalizes its football program’s existence, resulting required increase in Title IX funding, etc.?
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Don't SHU have rich donors or was that just for the Hockey arena?
 
ZooCougar said:
I read a rumor elsewhere that the southern schools might be on their way out.
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More than rumor, fact. Football at Bill & Mary and Richmond, and also Nova each off to the Patriot League. Delaware to CUSA. Ex-Yankee/Atlantic 10/CAA umess to Tuesday night MACtion.

Others? Looks like UNH and Rhody still have the pleasure of gridiron games with similar Campbell, Charleston, NC A&T, Elon, Hampton, Towson St, Monmouth, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Albany, and now Sacred Heart which escaped the NEC and newby NEC lesser UNH.

FWIW, CAA has UConn women’s crew adding value as an associate member for at least another year or so
 
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ZooCougar said:
This is what happens when some of your best members upgrade to FBS or move to the Patriot League.

I read a rumor elsewhere that the southern schools might be on their way out.
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Elon and Campbell bum rushing the door to the SoCon is one of my next dominoes.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
More than rumor, fact. Football at Bill & Mary and Richmond, and also Nova each off to the Patriot League. Delaware to CUSA. Ex-Yankee/Atlantic 10/CAA umess to Tuesday night MACtion.

Others? Looks like UNH and Rhody still have the pleasure of gridiron games with similar Campbell, Charleston, NC A&T, Elon, Hampton, Towson St, Monmouth, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Albany, and now Sacred Heart which escaped the NEC and newby NEC lesser UNH.

FWIW, CAA has UConn women’s crew adding value as an associate member for at least another year or so
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I’m talking about further south.
 
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ZooCougar said:
tarheelswire.usatoday.com

ACC Kickoff reveals potential UNC plans to leave for another conference

UNC is a flagship ACC institution, but in the world of conference realignment, the SEC could soon become UNC's new home.
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  • UNC and the SEC have shared values. When UNC president Peter Hans sought to explain the recent UNC debacle where athletes were found not to have attended classes. SEC conference commissioner Greg Sankey commented "Your mistake was bothering to schedule classes at all. No classes, no classes to miss."
 
CL82 said:
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  • UNC and the SEC have shared values. When UNC president Peter Hans sought to explain the recent UNC debacle where athletes were found not to have attended classes. SEC conference commissioner Greg Sankey commented "Your mistake was bothering to schedule classes at all. No classes, no classes to miss."
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Memphis had tutors doing the homework for their athletes. The SEC thinks they are inefficient try hards.
 
When asked, perennial football superpower UNC had this to say about interest in the SEC.

The SEC's financial strength and athletic dominance, particularly in basketball and football, are is seen as a motivating factor.

There we go. Just needed to tidy that up a bit. Spit spot.
 
ZooCougar said:
This is what happens when some of your best members upgrade to FBS or move to the Patriot League.

I read a rumor elsewhere that the southern schools might be on their way out.
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Yup. I'm about to write a really crazy sentence but here it goes:

Adding Sacred Heart is about creating stability for the conference.
 
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NowInStorrs said:
Perennial football superpower... UNC?
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maybe I should have added a /s at the end? More a shot at them thinking the competitive football landscape is alluring to them since both sides of our lines dogwalked them around the freedom trail last November December.
 
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Not sure if this has been shared - welp. When Umass FB is doubling you in viewership, you know you've hit rock bottom.

 
RuffRuff said:
Not sure if this has been shared - welp. When Umass FB is doubling you in viewership, you know you've hit rock bottom.

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Do the numbers reflect just home games or the away games where Umass is playing teams like Georgia on the road? That would distort the figures by a large amount I would guess.
 
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