rollredroll Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I don't see it happening any time soon. I used to think it would...but not anymore. I'm in the same boat. The DII privates still get matchups with publics, and local publics in some cases. That would not be possible if DII schools formed their own organization. They can still fill the gaps with out-of-state schools in the current environment. The idea of a regional/national "superconference" used to sound attractive, but I doubt there would be much buy-in from enough other OOS schools. It's just too cost prohibitive - even for privates - to form their own organization, and it potentially would dilute the schedules (not in quality but in number of games), which in turn dilutes gates and interest, and only would increase travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antwan Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm in the same boat. The DII privates still get matchups with publics, and local publics in some cases. That would not be possible if DII schools formed their own organization. They can still fill the gaps with out-of-state schools in the current environment. The idea of a regional/national "superconference" used to sound attractive, but I doubt there would be much buy-in from enough other OOS schools. It's just too cost prohibitive - even for privates - to form their own organization, and it potentially would dilute the schedules (not in quality but in number of games), which in turn dilutes gates and interest, and only would increase travel. I agree...it just wouldn't be worth the cost to most schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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