(05-18-2020 05:31 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(05-18-2020 05:14 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(05-18-2020 05:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(05-18-2020 04:54 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  If the NCAA isn’t willing to kick out Chicago St, the WAC should.

That school and it’s athletic department have been a joke for far too long.

The logic that they can’t cut sports because the athletes are among the few who actually graduate is a tail wagging the dog situation.

The WAC is desperate for members. If the WCC decides to expand, Seattle is a likely target. NMSU is looking for a football home. UTRGV would go east in a minute if anyone offered.

So that leaves relatively new members Grand Canyon, California Baptist, Utah Valley and future members Tarleton St. and Dixie St. besides Chicago St.

That's only 9 schools with the 4 longest members all potentially leaving.

WCC isn't looking to expand. Seattle has no where to go.
NMSU has been looking for a football home - there is none to be had. NMSU has nowhere to go
UTRGV is the Chicago State of Texas. No one wants them either - UTRGV has nowhere to go.

Correct. All those schools could have been scooped up years ago. Nothing is changing soon, unless the virus forces more regional conferences.

Agreed. The short-term risk of anyone leaving the WAC is minimal. The WCC, Big West, Big Sky and Southland all have 10 or more members and are done expanding. The Summit is now stable with UMKC coming in and St. Thomas, Augustana or both on deck. And the WAC has 8 members in the far west and Texas not named Chicago State.

IMHO the time has come for the WAC to cut ties with CSU. This will remove an impediment to future WAC expansion with additional D2 move ups in its footprint, none of which want to travel to Chicago.