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RE: OVC official response to departure - Next Steps
(02-24-2021 03:26 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  If the Summit gets a 6th football school they may well sponsor the sport, as they will have an AQ and it adds another men's team sports, a little more safety margin.

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We have drifted pretty far away from the OVC. It seems to be built on the premise the Western Illinois would automatically bolt the MVFC and Summit in favor of the Tennessee heavy OVC. I don't see that as likely, it would be viewed as a step down for football.

WIU would be the exception to the rule that football drives the bus.

Moving into a regional conference as opposed to being the Eastern outlier in a Dakota centric conference, would be a hard opportunity to pass up.

While I'm sure they would prefer to stay in the MVFC, the savings the OVC would provide them would outweigh the cost of the downgrade in FCS conference prestige

If I were OVC I would take WIU and Lipscomb right now and push for Robert Morris to join for football only.

Then would put you back at 9 for football while consolidating the core footprint of the conference (Tennesse)
02-24-2021 03:51 PM
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