(02-19-2022 03:31 PM)mainejeff Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 03:17 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 02:18 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 01:34 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The only way we could have improved our lot was to

1. Invest in football back in the day. If we had a foundation of FCS football and ambition for FBS perhaps we could have take Coastal's spot in the Sunbelt. That would have allowed us to keep pace with ODU, Georgia St, and now JMU

2. Be consistent. Getting into the A10 was already a long shot for us due to our market size, but that slump from 07 to 16 killed us. That would have allowed us to keep pace with VCU, Richmond, and GMU

Since neither of those things happen we gotta make the best of what we have.

Agree, and our school’s lack of vision and action is just as much to blame for our plight as the CAA in general. I’ve been saying UNCW should add football as far back as when I was a student. It’s always been met with, “no, it’s not possible, we can’t, etc.” How many mid major schools about our size or even smaller have we seen add football programs in the last 20 years? We could’ve done it, if leadership had a vision for th future. Instead, we settle, and settle, and settle some more (I’ve told you numerous times what that gets you).

Point is, we settled and NOT ONCE have we put ourselves in a position of leverage. Not once. We should’ve cut useless programs a long time ago. We should’ve increased student athletics fees a long time ago, and let’s be real… UNC-Wilmington does a crap ass job of fundraising. We love our excuses, and we use them often. And here we are, still in a bad situation with zero positive outlook. Now the most positive reason we are told to like the CAA is “because what other options are there?”

That’s crap.


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I hear ya

But none of our past mistakes changes the here and now.

Our two options are to build a southern division of the CAA or try and petition the SoCon.

Both are viable options and both have their pros and cons.

Agree.