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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
(01-28-2021 07:21 PM)HatterFan Wrote: Concordia (N.Y.) (NCAA Division II - Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference) is closing this summer and selling its Bronxville campus to Iona College. The release on Iona's website indicated they would continue varsity athletics, but updates on all issues would be forthcoming in the next few weeks.
https://www.concordia-ny.edu/about/news/...na-college
2nd school in 5 years that closed down from that conference. Dowling closed in 2016.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
(01-28-2021 07:35 PM)DavidSt Wrote: (01-28-2021 07:21 PM)HatterFan Wrote: Concordia (N.Y.) (NCAA Division II - Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference) is closing this summer and selling its Bronxville campus to Iona College. The release on Iona's website indicated they would continue varsity athletics, but updates on all issues would be forthcoming in the next few weeks.
https://www.concordia-ny.edu/about/news/...na-college
2nd school in 5 years that closed down from that conference. Dowling closed in 2016.
Dowling was in the East Coast Conference, which Concordia hasn't been in since 2009.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
Just realized that is two D2 Concordia schools shutting down inside a year.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
3rd Concordia to close in a few years--Oregon and Alabama. In addition, Concordia-Ann Arbor essentially closed as they gave up independence and are operated as a branch of another Concordia now.
There's still a lot more Concordias though...
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
Delaware State is shutting down Wesley College athletics at school year's end. The Atlantic East Conference will be down to 6 schools and lose all its AQs in the summer of 2023 unless reinforcements arrive from somewhere.
https://www.d3sports.com/notables/2021/0...-on-wesley
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
Wesley merged with Delaware State which means that Delaware State is going to have white athletes now if they merged the athletic departments together. Delaware State gain students from the merger.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
Iona to acquire Concordia New York Bronxville Campus
Concordia's students can now finished their degrees at Iona. They are planning to turn that campus into a health science for Iona. I wonder if the athletes will be transfering over as well? But, it may not help for the ones who play sports that Iona does not sponsor.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
You always wonder if the athletes at these smaller schools will transfer over to the D-I schools acquiring them. They never do. Stop wondering. If you are at a D-II, D-III, or NAIA school and your school gets subsumed by a D-I school, you transfer to another D-II, D-III, or NAIA school.
These are not athletic mergers. The D-I athletic departments continue on as always. The smaller athletic departments cease to exist.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
(02-19-2021 10:56 AM)ccd494 Wrote: You always wonder if the athletes at these smaller schools will transfer over to the D-I schools acquiring them. They never do. Stop wondering. If you are at a D-II, D-III, or NAIA school and your school gets subsumed by a D-I school, you transfer to another D-II, D-III, or NAIA school.
These are not athletic mergers. The D-I athletic departments continue on as always. The smaller athletic departments cease to exist.
The best athletes might go over to Iona, but Iona might help the others to get into another D3 school.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
So maybe a couple get to ride the pine at Iona, and everyone else transfers.
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(02-19-2021 12:02 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote: So maybe a couple get to ride the pine at Iona, and everyone else transfers.
Some will prefer to stay and not participate in athletics. Depending on the ethos of the school, their previous financial aid commitments may or may not be honored. But if it is honored, there is a better chance of the student staying to finish out their degree.
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RE: Conference Realignment for D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and USCAA 2020 and Beyond
College of the Ozarks (MO) leaving NAIA.
https://www.cofo.edu/News/moduleId/1421/...on/Details
Quote:Mar 13, 2021 — College of the Ozarks recently made the decision to end its relationship with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) at the end of the 2020-21 year.
“We are grateful for the many years of athletic play we have enjoyed with the NAIA, particularly the 20 or so years we were able to host the Men's Division II Basketball National Championship,” said Dr. Eric Bolger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College.
The College will continue its relationship with the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). This association includes faith-based colleges and offers student athletes the opportunity to participate in championship play.
“The College is proud of our athletes and coaches, and grateful to all those who contribute to the success of our athletic program,” Bolger said. “We look forward to this program continuing to develop students of Christ-like character at the College.”
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(03-13-2021 10:31 AM)AZcats Wrote: College of the Ozarks (MO) leaving NAIA.
https://www.cofo.edu/News/moduleId/1421/...on/Details
Quote:Mar 13, 2021 — College of the Ozarks recently made the decision to end its relationship with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) at the end of the 2020-21 year.
“We are grateful for the many years of athletic play we have enjoyed with the NAIA, particularly the 20 or so years we were able to host the Men's Division II Basketball National Championship,” said Dr. Eric Bolger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College.
The College will continue its relationship with the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). This association includes faith-based colleges and offers student athletes the opportunity to participate in championship play.
“The College is proud of our athletes and coaches, and grateful to all those who contribute to the success of our athletic program,” Bolger said. “We look forward to this program continuing to develop students of Christ-like character at the College.”
This is both surprising and not surprising athe same time. They had such a long run and the DII host, which means an automatic bid. That lead to them becoming a power in NAIA DII. And then things started going sideways.
The national anthem controversy, where COFO require all participants to stand
Which lead to their loss of the tourney hosting
Which lead to a decline in their program
The collapse of the MCC Conference
Which left them independent
The recent announcement that the AII is transforming into an actual conference, which might conflict with their national anthem policy
Their earning an automatic bid to the national tourney last week, but bailing on it because it was too far away (Lewiston Idaho)
The NCCAA is probably a better fit at this point...
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(03-13-2021 10:55 AM)teamvsn Wrote: (03-13-2021 10:31 AM)AZcats Wrote: College of the Ozarks (MO) leaving NAIA.
https://www.cofo.edu/News/moduleId/1421/...on/Details
Quote:Mar 13, 2021 — College of the Ozarks recently made the decision to end its relationship with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) at the end of the 2020-21 year.
“We are grateful for the many years of athletic play we have enjoyed with the NAIA, particularly the 20 or so years we were able to host the Men's Division II Basketball National Championship,” said Dr. Eric Bolger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College.
The College will continue its relationship with the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). This association includes faith-based colleges and offers student athletes the opportunity to participate in championship play.
“The College is proud of our athletes and coaches, and grateful to all those who contribute to the success of our athletic program,” Bolger said. “We look forward to this program continuing to develop students of Christ-like character at the College.”
This is both surprising and not surprising athe same time. They had such a long run and the DII host, which means an automatic bid. That lead to them becoming a power in NAIA DII. And then things started going sideways.
The national anthem controversy, where COFO require all participants to stand
Which lead to their loss of the tourney hosting
Which lead to a decline in their program
The collapse of the MCC Conference
Which left them independent
The recent announcement that the AII is transforming into an actual conference, which might conflict with their national anthem policy
Their earning an automatic bid to the national tourney last week, but bailing on it because it was too far away (Lewiston Idaho)
The NCCAA is probably a better fit at this point...
Was that anthem policy just for their own players and coaches or did it apply to their opponents too?
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(03-13-2021 12:49 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: (03-13-2021 10:55 AM)teamvsn Wrote: (03-13-2021 10:31 AM)AZcats Wrote: College of the Ozarks (MO) leaving NAIA.
https://www.cofo.edu/News/moduleId/1421/...on/Details
Quote:Mar 13, 2021 — College of the Ozarks recently made the decision to end its relationship with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) at the end of the 2020-21 year.
“We are grateful for the many years of athletic play we have enjoyed with the NAIA, particularly the 20 or so years we were able to host the Men's Division II Basketball National Championship,” said Dr. Eric Bolger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College.
The College will continue its relationship with the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). This association includes faith-based colleges and offers student athletes the opportunity to participate in championship play.
“The College is proud of our athletes and coaches, and grateful to all those who contribute to the success of our athletic program,” Bolger said. “We look forward to this program continuing to develop students of Christ-like character at the College.”
This is both surprising and not surprising athe same time. They had such a long run and the DII host, which means an automatic bid. That lead to them becoming a power in NAIA DII. And then things started going sideways.
The national anthem controversy, where COFO require all participants to stand
Which lead to their loss of the tourney hosting
Which lead to a decline in their program
The collapse of the MCC Conference
Which left them independent
The recent announcement that the AII is transforming into an actual conference, which might conflict with their national anthem policy
Their earning an automatic bid to the national tourney last week, but bailing on it because it was too far away (Lewiston Idaho)
The NCCAA is probably a better fit at this point...
Was that anthem policy just for their own players and coaches or did it apply to their opponents too?
It applied to their opponents playing in the C of O gym as well. That's why they lost the tournament host role. I think most of the NAIA membership would side with them, except the HBCU members, who are valued in the NAIA.
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School/College of the Ozarks has been under constant attack for decades. Everything they do draws scrutiny. I'm not sure why anyone cares. Its a small, niche school that caters primarily to a small subset of the population within a small geographic region of Missouri and the Ozarks.
It seems to offend the minds of some that the free education they offer to the poorest people in one of the historically poorest parts of nation, dares to ask anything in return.
Fwiw, they turn down about 90% of the people who apply to go there, so I don't see them suffering for their positions.
I'm just glad to see anyone have the wherewithal and resources to stand firm on what they believe in.
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