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RE: Question about conference membership rules
A school can only have a sport in a different conference if their main conference doesn't sponsor that sport, and I believe this is an NCAA rule. For example, Kentucky soccer is in C-USA because the SEC doesn't sponsor soccer.
Choosing independence in a sport that is sponsored by your main conference is negotiated, i.e. Notre Dame football. By NCAA rule, they can't have their football another conference since the ACC sponsors football. They'd have to move all their other sports to a conference like the Big East if they wanted to join a conference in football only. Obviously they could choose independence in everything but that's ridiculous.
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02-13-2017 09:35 AM |
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