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Bowie would make sense and they have the enrollment. From the recent statement that they made, they appear to want to do something. But for whatever the reasons, they do not have a large crowd even at homecoming. I am certain that the powers that be in the MEAC have already discussed this.
we aren't D1 because we don't have the financial resources that it takes to maintain a D1 athletic program. it's more than just the $1M entry fee, you have to have $ to pay for the additional scholarships, travel costs, facility upgrades, coaching and training staff, etc. the MEAC is on a life support because their leadership failed them by not thinking forward. Some of the HBCUs that are D1 are struggling financially and would be better served being a D2 school but won't drop down.
Quote from: WileECoyote06 on May 11, 2021, 10:50:40 AM But the MEAC brass should have been recruiting them as soon as they were forced to merge. Who knows, maybe they were already recruiting them. The MEAC should not expand pass SC. SC was the southern most part of the MEAC footprint in 1971 and truthfully should have never expanded pass that. GA and FL are in the SWAC's footprint. Geographically and culturally. VSU is the prize here, but Kentucky State has to be considered because of the dire situation the MEAC is in. Besides added costs for D1 membership, travel would be about the same, plus they could play money football and basketball games against FBS teams in-state and in the Midwest.
But the MEAC brass should have been recruiting them as soon as they were forced to merge. Who knows, maybe they were already recruiting them.
With soo many uncertainties about finance due to Covid 19 I think it's a smart move for Div11 to stay put especially HBCUs. Hell University Hartford a Division 1 school dropped all the way to Division III.
Quote from: lew9ball on May 11, 2021, 04:05:19 PMWith soo many uncertainties about finance due to Covid 19 I think it's a smart move for Div11 to stay put especially HBCUs. Hell University Hartford a Division 1 school dropped all the way to Division III. That's wild ain't it? Went to the NCAA tourney in hoops and gettin' busted back down. Wow. Welp, I am sure the school knows best...