(01-20-2022 10:03 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  82, you keep talking about how important having divisions is. I thought the whole point of a north-south conference was to expand UNCW's recruitment footprint and be able to recruit kids from up north?

Mind you, I am in favor of anything that reduces travel costs. That is by far the most burdensome expenditure in the department that would go away with a move to the SoCon, A-Sun, or Big South, and hopefully in the process bringing along Charleston and perhaps 1-2 of the other southern CAA schools with us.

I think from an administration perspective its a two fold discussion

Yes you want small travel costs, but a conference often becomes your peer group

If you're UNCW, do you want your peer group to be VMI and the Citadel or Hofstra and Northeastern.

Going to divisions gives an administrator the best of both worlds, association with the northeastern private schools and exposure up there with greatly reduced travel costs limiting the majority of your travel to a more geographic friendly area.