(08-14-2019 05:37 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(08-14-2019 05:24 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(08-14-2019 02:15 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(08-14-2019 01:59 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(08-13-2019 05:00 PM)NoDak Wrote:  Your rules have nothing to do with an active DI institution that conferences need for the NCAA.

A reclassified institution that now counts as a DI school for other DI schools schedules is not yet an active DI school that the WAC needs. Only a school that is active for an NCAA tournament bid is: the NCAA declares an active institution like it did for GCU when their transition is officially over.

When a school is reclassifying, as CBU is, they are D1 for everything except NCAA postseason tournaments. It is really that simple. So if the WAC got down to seven schools and two are reclassifying, that would not effect the postseason hopes of the other five schools. It is just common sense. The NCAA rules are clear about that.

They can’t vote on DI matters because the NCAA does consider them DI until they have finished the transition.

This what you said in a previous post:

"The WAC will be down to five full members after UMKC and Chicago St leave. Cal Baptist and Dixie St won’t count as full members for several years, so the WAC will run out of the two years grace period before.

The NCAA is run by the P5, which doesn’t like autobids for small conferences, but like at large bids for P5 schools.

The WAC needs to get at least two fully DI schools soon."

The statement is just not true. Read the NCAA rules and regulations above. The WAC would be good at seven with two reclassifying. Who cares about their voting status! The important thing is their playing status and they are like any other D1 school in the regular season.

The NCAA cares. I followed reclassification rules closely in the 2000’s when the Dakotas moved up. Conferences didn’t want reclassifying teams then, as they didn’t count for five years. One didn’t need a conference invite then to go DI. The same rule applied to reclassifying schools as all were counted as DI for scheduling the same as Cal Baptist. If you can get your school SID to confirm that a reclassifying school will count in the 2nd year even if they aren’t recognized as a DI active member, then I might agree.

The NCAA rules and interpretations have changed many times, but it doesn’t want a conference to have two members that are eligible and five that are not, but you would call that an autobid conference.

Transitioning D1 schools count as D1 for scheduling purposes in their 2nd year of transitioning. They aren't a full NCAA D1 voting member till going into their 5th season.