Future of Division III

[Kuiper]

That's a good pickup for the SCIAC. Should ease scheduling. I'd love to see DIII pick up a D2 conference in the southeast and fill in some holes. Something like D2's SIAC moving to D3 would really help with scheduling for the the southeastern D3s. And I still struggle to see the benefits of D2 for smaller private schools.

Everytime I hear about an E&H or a Ferrum I just shake my head. I get it, they are trying to stand out in a crowded D3 environment, but I find it hard to believe it makes economic sense.

Good job picking up Azusa Pacific. They were a D2 orphan, so it makes sense.

So many of those SIAC athletic departments are so underfunded. I don't know that they'd do any better in D-III.

We might have a better chance of getting Big South members to come to D-III. Would love to have them fill in our map.

Do you mean the PacWest's (where Azusa Pacific is coming from) athletic departments are underfunded?  Some of the SCIAC departments are underfunded too, but many of the PacWest schools are poorer and the conference travel is quite expensive, especially with having to fly out to Hawaii every other year to play the three teams located on the islands.

[Pat Coleman]

No, I mean literally the SIAC that jknezek mentioned.

https://thesiac.com/sports/2018/7/9/gen_0709184210.aspx?path=gen

[Kuiper]

No, I mean literally the SIAC that jknezek mentioned.

https://thesiac.com/sports/2018/7/9/gen_0709184210.aspx?path=gen

Gotcha.  I read it too quickly and thought you were saying SCIAC, rather than the DII SIAC.