UNDfan wrote:It would behoove the MVC to expand more and then split into public and private schools like the Big East did. The privates detest football, which is more and more driving the boat. Expand to 14 then split. Down the road, someone's really going to get hurt by your dysfunctional league.
mvfcfan wrote: So if the Dakota schools and Montana schools want to go FBS they would have to join up with New Mexico State do it through the WAC, not the Summit League.
mvfcfan wrote:Just a little history lesson for everyone on North Dakota if anyone cares.
The Big Sky actively tried to get every scholarship FCS school from the western US into their conference. They were pretty much successful. They had the idea in 2012 to expand and try to get North Dakota and South Dakota to join their league (and hoped to later add NDSU and SDSU). Their plan backfired when the MVFC added South Dakota. As a result North Dakota was basically on an island all alone in the Big Sky.
Skip ahead to last year. The Big Sky basically wanted North Dakota to leave and UND wanted to join the Summit League to rejoin the other Dakota schools. In fact the Big Sky even waived North Dakota's exit fee. That's how bad they wanted UND gone.
Actually I'm not sure if anyone is aware of this, but the Big Sky opened the door for New Mexico State to join their league. However NMSU doesn't want to join because they want to keep FBS football. Idaho who was already in the Big Sky for all sports except football took their offer and is dropping down to the FCS level (as a Big Sky member).
So at the end of the day, the Montana and Idaho schools will stay in the Big Sky and the Dakota schools will stay Summit/MVFC. Also a conference cannot just decide to be FBS. There are only two conference that do not currently sponsor FBS football that could sponsor FBS football. Those two conferences are the WAC and the MVC (not MVFC). So if the Dakota schools and Montana schools want to go FBS they would have to join up with New Mexico State do it through the WAC, not the Summit League.
Now let's look ahead to the future of the Summit League. Fort Wayne will most likely join the Horizon League at some point within the next few years. (If the MVC takes NKU then IPFW would probably be the top candidate to take their spot). There are rumors that UMKC might rejoin the Summit League next season. If the MVC takes Murray State I would have to think that Western Illinois could be looked at by the OVC. It would definitely be less travel for WIU and they would already have an instate rival in EIU. So worst case scenario I think the Summit will be down to 7 teams. Maybe they could get Chicago State to come back if they don't shut down.
With that said I think if the MVC invites SDSU, I think SDSU would definitely accept. It would have to be a no brainier for them. The Summit League could get a little better, but the stability of the league long term has to be a little bit of a concern. On the other hand there are plenty of schools (probably lots we wouldn't want either) out there that would jump all over an MVC invite. The Summit is pretty much stuck with whatever they can get right now.
VUGrad1314 wrote:That's all well and good and that arrangement may well work for the Summit\Big Sky teams, but you're acting like adding Fort Wayne Western Illinois and Robert Morris is going to make teams in the Horizon League not prefer the MVC and that just isn't true. Same with the OVC (with the curious exception of Belmont). If the MVC wants to expand to the south and east or even to the north into Wisconsin it can. The league isn't screwed and it certainly isn't because of the private schools. In case you haven't noticed three of the top four teams in the MVC this year including the conference leader are private schools. Who's using misinformation again? Also, while adding the Dakota schools, especially SDSU and NDSU, may enhance the athletic product, it does precious little for recruiting territory and media deals and there are comparable or better programs that do more for us in that regard.
UNDfan wrote:VUGrad1314 wrote:That's all well and good and that arrangement may well work for the Summit\Big Sky teams, but you're acting like adding Fort Wayne Western Illinois and Robert Morris is going to make teams in the Horizon League not prefer the MVC and that just isn't true. Same with the OVC (with the curious exception of Belmont). If the MVC wants to expand to the south and east or even to the north into Wisconsin it can. The league isn't screwed and it certainly isn't because of the private schools. In case you haven't noticed three of the top four teams in the MVC this year including the conference leader are private schools. Who's using misinformation again? Also, while adding the Dakota schools, especially SDSU and NDSU, may enhance the athletic product, it does precious little for recruiting territory and media deals and there are comparable or better programs that do more for us in that regard.
The Horizon becomes the new Summit and the MVC will only have one conference now to pick off. Except Belmont, and Murray St which is almost set to go, the OVC will be a very low conference that the MVC won’t want to touch. The Horizon now becomes the league that any decent school wants to leave.
BCPanther wrote:UNDfan wrote:It would behoove the MVC to expand more and then split into public and private schools like the Big East did. The privates detest football, which is more and more driving the boat. Expand to 14 then split. Down the road, someone's really going to get hurt by your dysfunctional league.
Nah, we're all pretty happy right now. Turns out Wichta's constant grandstanding brought everybody together. The league is as stable as its ever been. UNI, Illinois State and Missouri State are literally the only schools that would have the possible option to get out and those are the 3 schools leading the expansion committee and realistically, I don't think any of them would sacrifice MBB for FBS football at this point. Indiana State and SIU are budget nightmares that don't want to have any additional costs.
As far as the Privates leaving, where are they going to go? Evansville, Drake, Loyola and Valpo have no options. I guess if Bradley wanted to jump on the island with SLU in the A10 they might be able to but why would they leave the rivalries they've spent 40 years developing.
But sure, the AMCU/MidCon/Summit is going to get to the same level as the Valley. That league has been nothing more than a foot in the door to DI to get to where you really want to go. I'm sure UNI and Missouri State regret leaving it in the early 90s every single day. If only they could be associated with the mighty academic institutions of the Summit League.
GoSIU88 wrote:BCPanther wrote:UNDfan wrote:It would behoove the MVC to expand more and then split into public and private schools like the Big East did. The privates detest football, which is more and more driving the boat. Expand to 14 then split. Down the road, someone's really going to get hurt by your dysfunctional league.
Nah, we're all pretty happy right now. Turns out Wichta's constant grandstanding brought everybody together. The league is as stable as its ever been. UNI, Illinois State and Missouri State are literally the only schools that would have the possible option to get out and those are the 3 schools leading the expansion committee and realistically, I don't think any of them would sacrifice MBB for FBS football at this point. Indiana State and SIU are budget nightmares that don't want to have any additional costs.
As far as the Privates leaving, where are they going to go? Evansville, Drake, Loyola and Valpo have no options. I guess if Bradley wanted to jump on the island with SLU in the A10 they might be able to but why would they leave the rivalries they've spent 40 years developing.
But sure, the AMCU/MidCon/Summit is going to get to the same level as the Valley. That league has been nothing more than a foot in the door to DI to get to where you really want to go. I'm sure UNI and Missouri State regret leaving it in the early 90s every single day. If only they could be associated with the mighty academic institutions of the Summit League.
Bradley, I suspect, is longing for the Big East or B1G.
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