(08-16-2021 11:41 AM)ccd494 Wrote:  

(08-16-2021 11:20 AM)AZcats Wrote:  

(08-16-2021 10:59 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  Georgia Knights is one of the Christian Community Colleges that they set up.

Cha-ching! David just earned another $100 for mentioning that non-school.

Delightfully the third result for them on Google is a Better Business Bureau complaint from a player trying to get his money back after he was injured in pre-season practice and couldn't play, but they kept his "tuition."

I looked up Georgia Knights and they call themselves a Prep Academy. From what I can figure out; a Prep school is not any type of college at all, it's where you go to prepare for college.

I don't see any connection between the Georgia Knights Prep Academy and Community Christian College. Neither side lists the other on their websites from what I can find.

Thomas More (KY) has been invited to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, and will apply for reclassification into Division II:

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/...8qVk6H9NTA

They were previously in the D-III Presidents Athletic Conference. For the last two years, they have been in the NAIA Mid-South Conference.

Bismarck State Looking To Go From a 2 Year College to A 4 Year College

(08-18-2021 11:06 AM)johnintx Wrote:  Thomas More (KY) has been invited to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, and will apply for reclassification into Division II:

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/...8qVk6H9NTA

They were previously in the D-III Presidents Athletic Conference. For the last two years, they have been in the NAIA Mid-South Conference.

Seems like a sensible move. I’m still shocked the Notre Dame College isn’t in the GMAC yet. They must really like all those trips to WV.

Bismarck State To NAIA With No Time Table Yet


Looks like they are heading to the NAIA, but no time table yet to join.

Medaille, a private school right next door to Canisius College in Buffalo, is moving to the Empire 8. The E8 is happy to get to 10 and into Buffalo. It makes sense with Medaille wanting to be in a better academic profile, purely private league, not a mix of tiny private and Penn St/Pitt branch campus publics within the AMCC. Plus they are likely reacting to nearby private D'Youville and Daemen passing them by to D2.

(08-25-2021 09:10 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  Bismarck State To NAIA With No Time Table Yet


Looks like they are heading to the NAIA, but no time table yet to join.

I can see them moving fairly quickly up the ranks. They are in a nice size city in the middle of the state with growth. Univ of Mary is in Bismarck under D2 but don’t know if they really grab the city support being a very small Catholic Univ

That was a short visit to NAIA by Thomas More.

I'm thinking of it as a swap of Thomas More for Ohio Valley. OVU's GMAC exit provoked an invitation from the GMAC to Thomas More.

(08-26-2021 12:53 PM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  Medaille, a private school right next door to Canisius College in Buffalo, is moving to the Empire 8. The E8 is happy to get to 10 and into Buffalo. It makes sense with Medaille wanting to be in a better academic profile, purely private league, not a mix of tiny private and Penn St/Pitt branch campus publics within the AMCC. Plus they are likely reacting to nearby private D'Youville and Daemen passing them by to D2.

Unless they are determined to be in an all private league; why not join D'Youville and Daemen in D2. Seven of the ten ECC members are private and two of the public schools are in the CUNY system.

(08-26-2021 03:41 PM)teamvsn Wrote:  I'm thinking of it as a swap of Thomas More for Ohio Valley. OVU's GMAC exit provoked an invitation from the GMAC to Thomas More.

I bet the GMAC will end up being happy with this swap.

(08-26-2021 04:04 PM)AZcats Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 12:53 PM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  Medaille, a private school right next door to Canisius College in Buffalo, is moving to the Empire 8. The E8 is happy to get to 10 and into Buffalo. It makes sense with Medaille wanting to be in a better academic profile, purely private league, not a mix of tiny private and Penn St/Pitt branch campus publics within the AMCC. Plus they are likely reacting to nearby private D'Youville and Daemen passing them by to D2.

Unless they are determined to be in an all private league; why not join D'Youville and Daemen in D2. Seven of the ten ECC members are private and two of the public schools are in the CUNY system.

I for sure don't think Medaille can afford any athletic scholarships and I'm not confident they'll still be open in five years.

(08-26-2021 05:27 PM)HatterFan Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 04:04 PM)AZcats Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 12:53 PM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  Medaille, a private school right next door to Canisius College in Buffalo, is moving to the Empire 8. The E8 is happy to get to 10 and into Buffalo. It makes sense with Medaille wanting to be in a better academic profile, purely private league, not a mix of tiny private and Penn St/Pitt branch campus publics within the AMCC. Plus they are likely reacting to nearby private D'Youville and Daemen passing them by to D2.

Unless they are determined to be in an all private league; why not join D'Youville and Daemen in D2. Seven of the ten ECC members are private and two of the public schools are in the CUNY system.

I for sure don't think Medaille can afford any athletic scholarships and I'm not confident they'll still be open in five years.

Thanks for the feedback. It was just an idea if Medaille was that concerned about the other two passing them by.

(08-26-2021 05:27 PM)HatterFan Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 04:04 PM)AZcats Wrote:  

(08-26-2021 12:53 PM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  Medaille, a private school right next door to Canisius College in Buffalo, is moving to the Empire 8. The E8 is happy to get to 10 and into Buffalo. It makes sense with Medaille wanting to be in a better academic profile, purely private league, not a mix of tiny private and Penn St/Pitt branch campus publics within the AMCC. Plus they are likely reacting to nearby private D'Youville and Daemen passing them by to D2.

Unless they are determined to be in an all private league; why not join D'Youville and Daemen in D2. Seven of the ten ECC members are private and two of the public schools are in the CUNY system.

I for sure don't think Medaille can afford any athletic scholarships and I'm not confident they'll still be open in five years.

Medaille is one step above Villa Maria.

On the line of possible future realignment, Lyon College in Arkansas and University of the Ozarks, also in AR, are looking at some sort of potential merger. Of course, like everyone, they state with absolute certainty that "that these talks are absolutely not going to lead to a merger." Exactly the same statement every merger candidate states, right up until the day its announced.

This may acutally be just a deal to share some resources and save costs though. While both colleges are very small, neither seem to be hurting for money. Lyon has an endowment of $60 million, with 600 odd students. U of O has around a $130 million endowment with 800 odd students.

U of O is D3, while Lyon is NAIA. Certainly not a done deal, but potential movement to watch.

https://www.lyon.edu/news/posts/lyon-col...ortunities

I heard about this during the news of the Lyon College president being fired a few days ago, calling his campus in Batesville a liberal, tolerant haven amongst a bunch of racist hateful KKK white supremacists. (My paraphrasing) Guess what, the townspeople didn't like being referred to that way by the local college president. He's gone. Read the article below, its a good one!

https://www.fox16.com/news/investigates/...-comments/

The ex prez is quite the storyteller apparently. He says he's had multiple vehicles fire bombed while in WV because he officiated a gay wedding, his house was criminally vandalized, and a Trump rally "basically put the campus on lockdown in November of 2020," Of course, none of this was reported to police, and no students were on campus in Fall of 2020 because of covid, but these are his claims.

He sounds like a real life Walter Mitty!

(09-01-2021 11:52 PM)Todor Wrote:  On the lines if possible future realignment, Lyon College in Arkansas and University of the Ozarks, also in AR, are looking at some sort of potential merger. Of course, like everyone, they state with absolute certainty that "that these talks are absolutely not going to lead to a merger." Exactly the same statement every merger candidate states, right up until the day its announced.

This may acutally be just a deal to share some resources and save costs though. While both colleges are very small, neither seem to be hurting for money. Lyon has an endowment of $60 million, with 600 odd students. U of O has around a $130 million endowment with 800 odd students.

U of O is D3, while Lyon is NAIA. Certainly not a done deal, but potential movement to watch.

https://www.lyon.edu/news/posts/lyon-col...ortunities

I heard about this during the news of the Lyon College president being fired a few days ago, calling his campus in Batesville a liberal, tolerant haven amongst a bunch of racist hateful KKK white supremacists. (My paraphrasing) Guess what, the townspeople didn't like being referred to that way by the local college president. He's gone. Read the article below, its a good one!

https://www.fox16.com/news/investigates/...-comments/

The ex prez is quite the storyteller apparently. He says he's had multiple vehicles fired bombed while I'm WV because he officiated a gay wedding, his house was criminally vandalized, and a Trump rally "basically out the campus on lockdown in November of 2020," Of course, none of this was reported to police, and no students were on campus in Fall of 2020 because of Civic, but these are his claims.

He sounds like a real life Walter Mitty!

Maybe AZcats knows more about this...

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https://www.roi-nj.com/2021/10/20/educat...-for-help/

I anticipate we will see at least 10 more stories from various schools till the end of the school year.

(09-02-2021 01:34 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(09-01-2021 11:52 PM)Todor Wrote:  On the lines if possible future realignment, Lyon College in Arkansas and University of the Ozarks, also in AR, are looking at some sort of potential merger. Of course, like everyone, they state with absolute certainty that "that these talks are absolutely not going to lead to a merger." Exactly the same statement every merger candidate states, right up until the day its announced.

This may acutally be just a deal to share some resources and save costs though. While both colleges are very small, neither seem to be hurting for money. Lyon has an endowment of $60 million, with 600 odd students. U of O has around a $130 million endowment with 800 odd students.

U of O is D3, while Lyon is NAIA. Certainly not a done deal, but potential movement to watch.

https://www.lyon.edu/news/posts/lyon-col...ortunities

I heard about this during the news of the Lyon College president being fired a few days ago, calling his campus in Batesville a liberal, tolerant haven amongst a bunch of racist hateful KKK white supremacists. (My paraphrasing) Guess what, the townspeople didn't like being referred to that way by the local college president. He's gone. Read the article below, its a good one!

https://www.fox16.com/news/investigates/...-comments/

The ex prez is quite the storyteller apparently. He says he's had multiple vehicles fired bombed while I'm WV because he officiated a gay wedding, his house was criminally vandalized, and a Trump rally "basically out the campus on lockdown in November of 2020," Of course, none of this was reported to police, and no students were on campus in Fall of 2020 because of Civic, but these are his claims.

He sounds like a real life Walter Mitty!

Maybe AZcats knows more about this...

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Sorry, just saw this. If anything was to happen between the schools it would be more of a cooperative partnership and not a full-on merger. Both schools have always been small; that's one of the reasons Lyon brought back football.

Grand Valley State MIGHT be moving to D1 in 2023