(08-13-2019 02:20 PM)AZcats Wrote:  

(08-13-2019 12:22 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  You are assuming Chicago State is gone. There is no evidence that they are leaving. Even if Chicago State were to drop to D2, they would need to submit an application and get approval from the NCAA. Then there is a two year transition to D2.

Any school coming to D2 would be required to have a conference invite before submitting their membership application. http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/...180913.pdf

The D2 minimum provisional period is 3 years for schools coming from D3 and NAIA while 2 years is the minimum provisional period for schools coming from D1. I actually was not aware of that; Savannah State is the first D1-to-D2 move since I started following D2. http://www.ncaa.org/governance/becoming-...nstitution

New Orleans and Centenary moved down from DI in the last decade to 15 years ago. Centenary went DIII as did New Orleans (it tried the Gulf South DII conference first) after Katrina, but later UNO decided to stay DI. They can be an independent at any level, or least at that time. The NCAA bent the rules for UNO.

Chicago St was evicted from the Summit (they withdrew under threats) and it has a much worse situation now. Proceeding with evicting Chicago State is probably necessary to get new DI active members. Chicago St was a DI independent for several years and then got an offer from the defunct Great West, and they were much wealthier then due to enrollments.