Elon Queens merger?
Thereās a story about it in the higher education thread.
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I donāt think it will make sense financially to maintain duplicate athletics programs, even if they can find a workaround under the NCAA bylaws. But I hope Iām wrong, because Iāve seen what happens when a school shutters its athletics department. Itās really hard on the players and their families, some of which originally had offers elsewhere, and are suddenly having the rug pulled on their dreams.
Going to be an interesting MBB season at Queens. The Royals now eligible for the NCAAT and will be a favorite to win the ASUN.
Dumb comparison.
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The way I see this going is that they will spin queens into Elons graduate school location.
Private college Long Island University has two campuses and each used to have a separate athletics program - one D-I (LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds) and the other D-II (LIU Post Pioneers) - until 2019, when they were consolidated into a single D-I program - the LIU Sharks.
Well, bless their hearts!
https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1970233458006819161?t=Ef9guA8v4KXD5HiEMEtzzA&s=19
This is the P4 trying to slow walk the break away so that they can still retain their extra home game against the lowly G5.
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They havenāt even stopped playing FCS teams yet.
at some point when that keeps a team out of the playoff they will likely ban those.
Thatās another advantage the P4 have. They get to play FCS and G5 which would be the equivalent of us playing a D2 and an FCS.
I long for the day when all these p4 programs have to play an even home and away schedule and canāt play FCS or even G5 teams. Letās see how happy their fans are then.
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https://x.com/mosleyj22/status/1970280519729328457
This is the UNT AD answering a question from a fan. His discussion about media shares is relevant to us as Iām fairly certain we got the same deal.
The 4 AC schools that sponsor BVB - FAU, Tulane, UAB, and USF - do so as associate members of CUSA.
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Little hard to make a bus trip work from FSU and South Carolina to Boise State or the Arizonas
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Well, thatās interestingā¦ 
In 1899, three Midwestern universities applied as expansion candidates for the seven-member Big Ten Conference. They included Indiana, Iowa and Notre Dame.
On Dec. 1, 1899, at the Chicago Beach Hotel, representatives from Indiana and Iowa showed up to vouch for their schools; Notre Dame did not send a delegate. The Hoosiers and Hawkeyes were voted in, joining Big Ten charter members Chicago, Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan
https://x.com/MHver3/status/1971906426080842001
The spaghetti slinger is back, but I tend to believe there is some legitimate angst at play here.
That will give the United 11 members. And, of course, no more WAC.
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