(11-11-2022 08:45 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Since when does the welfare of the student athletes matter if it's at the expense of a school making a lot more money?

Lol! Just throwing it out there...

I know I have brought it up before...and that it has been discussed many times here...and it makes one unpopular....but has this article been posted/discussed?

https://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.co...-with.html

I have to imagine these discussions are coming up again amongst big donors, Mann, and Rowe. And to some degree we know they are based on Martin's comments back in fall of '20.

Personally, I think all of the reasons given in the article are even more compelling now based on the poor backfill in the CAA (I'm sorry, but it is poor, academically, and they are all in the bottom of our league in football...)

Delaware seems poised to be making a move up... and Howard suspiciously backed out of their CAA commitment. I think Delaware could be the last domino to fall in this decades long decision, and I wonder if something is in the works to add Howard and us.

The fan base made their voice heard and are unwilling to drop sports to make a move up so if we're moving this is the only place we'd go.

I'd be happy as a clam in the Patriot (I know many would not), and I'll focus on the positive not the negative, but my driving factor is I want to be thought of with the service academies and elite northeastern schools and this would accomplish. And I really don't think it would hurt our athletics, although many have laid out reasons it may.

I am likely one of the least connected/in the know of those here, but I wonder if you FOIAed Mann and Rowe's communications what they would look like right now and in the months to come...

Please, God, not again!

Just when I thought we were making progress, ...........I have no idea why people think that our rivals need to be high academic schools. It has never, ever been the case going back to the beginning of our college athletics history. I don't think any of our traditional rivals come close academically, and those who compare academically are either way better (Vanderbilt, Rice, Tulane, Stanford) or way worse (Ivies). Maybe Villanova.