(12-17-2018 07:49 PM)KingSean Wrote:  Ik at this point no schools from New Jersey, Georgia, Kansas and Illinois can move up because the states are financially in trouble and the schools would clearly need major help but for Utah, Colorado or California I'm not sure how bad they are

You can add every school in the California State University system not already in D-I to that list who cannot move up.

Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon had really good financial support and everything in place to move up, Dixie State has the wherewithal through increased fees (from $81 to $101 proposed) growing enrollment and donations to move up. Asuza Pacific however is in terrible financial shape, essentially rated a "junk bond." Their enrollment is also declining (glacially slow, not the Chicago State free fall). So even though D-II football may not work much longer with Humboldt State dropping (last Cal State with D-II football) and Dixie State moving up. Some hard decisions lie ahead for APU athletics.

Metro State would likely be a worse version of UMKC. (SF State is a similar zero interest in sports urban commuter campus; it's the most like comparison.) Although Metro fits geographically, the WAC is better off looking elsewhere.

BTW, I read through the feasibility study and the articles before and after the announcement of DSU moving up. All mentioned the $1.7M NCAA application fee, none mention paying a fee to the WAC. It could well be the WAC is waiving the fee. (Note, entry fees are often paid over a number of years in the form of reduced distributions; so $450K could be paid $90K a year via lower distributions for 5 years or $150K less for 3 years; however it does appear no fee is being charged Dixie State)