(04-05-2017 04:00 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(04-05-2017 03:19 PM)jacksfan29 Wrote:  

(04-05-2017 12:28 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(04-05-2017 10:09 AM)jacksfan29 Wrote:  

(05-25-2016 08:14 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  I think RMAC might get the waiver since when conferences were first came about? They were one of the first ones that showcase some major universities at the time.

Big 10, SWC, Southern, PAC 12 former name, MVC and RMAC were the big conferences. Most everybody else was Independent at the time. When they divide small and large universities? I think RMAC was still large, but more like G5 conference at the time. Then when they decided to go Divisions of 1, 2 and 3? That was when RMAC went down to 2. Moving RMAC up from D2 is not creating a new conference at D1.

The last time the RMAC was considered a major conference, 1938. Sorry, no waiver is going to be granted. In addition, who in the RMAC are capable of going D1 with the exception of possibly Metro State? No, really no. The RMAC is a stable, happy, D2 conference and it is not going to change... EVER!!!

Actually yes, rules could change to allow schools to move up. Bellarmine have toi join D1 as a whole so that their women's LAX could play in D1.

Colorado Mesa just added Beach Volleyball. They just can't bring it up to D1 unless they go full tilt to joining a D1 conference for all sports. That is a problem what you guys are not thinking about. Colorado Mesa could slide into the Big Sky conference if the BSC loses schools.

Colorado Mesa have no money. The only way that school could even think about D1 would be by dropping FB and likely baseball, the two sports that mean the most to the alumni and residents of Grand Junction.

Grand Junction is not a wealthy town. It is a town which goes through huge economic swings due to its reliance on the oil and gas business. There are a lot of Western Slope retirees who live there for the medical facilities, these are not wealthy retirees. The school does not have the money, nor desire to move up to D1... EVER!!!

You do not know for 100% what they would do. Going D1 could help the school and the community big time. Staying in a stagnant D2 where you do not get money will kill the community. I think people would come out and see Colorado Mesa play Colorado or Colorado State in all sports. They have the it factor to be a strong D1 program, and potential growth of the area in population and all that. Adding Colorado Mesa does help bridge the gap from the front range schools to the Utah schools. That is why I think they should go D1. They are something that could plug the gaps on the map in D1.

If Colorado Mesa was D1: Colorado would not lower themselves to play in Grand Junction, Colorado State nor Air Force have any incentive to play there either. IF any of them did it would result in a net loss in revenue for CMU. Colorado Mesa would need money they don't have to make the needed D1 standards improvements and those can not include the football and baseball stadiums because they are owned by the City of Grand Junction. There are reasons why Colorado's five D1 schools are all located along the front range.

Also, D2 is not stagnant. The champions in D1 are usually the same 4-6 schools every year and has made it very boring. With certain exceptions like men's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, or co-ed skiing in D1 your chances of winning a national title in any sport is almost zero if you are not in a P5 conference. Everyone has a chance in D2, including a small school like Southern Arkansas who reached the 2016 softball final four.