(06-11-2019 10:43 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(06-11-2019 09:34 AM)michael.stevens.3110 Wrote:  This is a NO brainer .... Less travel time .. Less travel cost .. Less time away from class .. Less Racial issues .. We live in a color blind era .. It’s high time for Colleges to face reality ..


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Hardly a no-brainer, the other schools would use the HBCU status against TSU in recruiting, they probably have better funding (though TSU's basketball and football facilities are top notch and they can borrow facilities throughout the city, especially from UH right down the street) and TSU would sink because it's harder to compete at a higher level. They do well but don't dominate the SWAC. *Finally, many of their hardcore fans like games against SWAC schools because they are also HBCU's or, if you want to be lazy in speech/racially insensitive (many are), all-black schools.

There's a whole culture of SWAC pride among all the schools that goes beyond the games, especially in football from the spirit teams/pep squads, to the fraternity steppers to, of course, the bands. They'd even lose recruiting territory for both prospective students and athletes. A school like Hampton is very progressive and kinda outgrew the MEAC. I can't say the same about many HBCU's. That said, TSU is in easily the most cosmopolitan city in all the SWAC but then again, that'd be true in the Southland as well. I can't say for certain it's any more than a lateral move.

*Disclaimer: I'm black making that comment.

To this point, hearing what MEAC and SWAC schools allegedly did to Hampton on their way out was pretty darn lousy, and made worse by the detrimental impact it had on those who did the shunning. Hampton threw MEAC a bone giving in to some demands, but them turning it around AGAIN on Hampton and still refusing to work with them...my god, what kind of silos are these schools really in?

SWAC strikes me as the healthier of the two HBCU D1 conferences, but, I would expect them to do the same if one of its own ventured outside of a legacy conference.

...but I don't blame TSU in the least for wanting to leave. I don't think Southland is a good option, but, staying in SWAC and MEAC pretty much guarantees no access to the FCS playoff and a lifetime as a play-in participant at the NCAA tournament. Legacy be d***ed, that has to get old pretty fast. Especially if your numbers aren't coming in.