FB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[CNU85]

The state of Virginia is the"Old Dominion State."E&H is located in Virginia not the state of Ohio. Hence E&H is in the  Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

The two quickest ways for Don Montgonery to get a moving van backing up to his front door are to try to convince the alumni to go to the OAC and to have E&H become known for just football( Mt. Union) and not their academic standards.
All the schools in the ODAC are known for their fine student athletes and not just for producing football players.

Google the now defunct Parsons College in Iowa and see what happens to colleges that just focus on football. Parsons was a big name in the 60's but is just a footnote in college football history today.

Last time I checked, there was more than one sport at Emory and Henry.  How do the other coaches feel about leaving their "home" conference and going somewhere else?  What will this move cost the Wasps financially in travel, hotels, and meals not to mention road time? Who is going to foot that cost?

Peace,
The E&H Dad

technically, Virginia is a "Commonwealth" 

[e h dad]

CNU85,

So are Massachusetts,Pennsylvania,Kentucky.

E&h Dad

[PA_wesleyfan]

e h dad

I can tell you there is nothing common about the wealth here in PA!!!
I commonly have no wealth..

[CNU85]

CNU85,

So are Massachusetts,Pennsylvania,Kentucky.

E&h Dad

Very good...you pass the test. And I only thought there were 3....didn't know (or too old to remember  ) Kentucky!! I learned something again today!!

Thanks!

[e h dad]

PA_wesleyfan,

I feel your pain........I live in the HHI,SC area.
There is definitely nothing common about the wealth in this area.
Like yourself I have commonly have no wealth.............I work for the public school district.

[PA_wesleyfan]

E H dad

Ohhhh !!! the teachers here in SE Pa make very very very good money and I have the propety tax statements to prove it

[muchacho]

I was curious about the number of DII teams that play football, so I headed over to d2football.com for the first time. It looks like there are 13 conferences, and 13 Independent programs. With such a small number of programs spread out across the country, I imagine there would be a much greater travel expense in addition to what might be spend offering athletic scholarships. DII football is still small time ball in terms of the attention it receives. It truly doesn't make sense to leave D3 for D II.
In regards to creating a D-IV, this is what I believe the idea is. (Feel welcome to correct me if I am off base.) The purpose of this would be for schools that want to place more emphasis on academics than athletics. They therefore want to align with other schools that have high academic standards and not compete on the field with schools that might have larger enrollments or lower admission standards.

I'm obviously not an AD or a college president, but I wouldn't want to see big changes to the D3 landscape. I'm happy with what I see right now, and don't feel the need for drastic change.

[e h dad]

PA_wesleyfan,

Our property taxs are fairly low compared to the rest of the US.So if I am to get a raise we need to increase our property taxes..............I've got to ponder that one for a while.

E&H Dad

[CNU85]

Muchacho,

From what you have read, who would actually decide which teams went d4? Do you think there would be entire conferences that would go d4 or decide as a conference to remain d3.

I'm not too up to speed on the specifics or even the probability.

If there aren't that many teams in d2, wouldn't it make sense for the NCAA to have D1, D1AA and then the equivalent of d3 and the proposed d4?

[Bwana]

OK, we got some pretty good reasons offered for CUA or W&L to want to leave.  Everyone else seems pretty set.

Are there any schools beyond SU that want to get into the ODAC?

[marc]

Speaking of ODAC schools, was Maryville (Tenn.) ever a member?  Possibly early 1980s?

[Highlander]

Maryville was a member of the ODAC for a period of time before a MC President (or someone -maybe more than one) ran the school in the ground causing many problems_ facilities, academics, student population, and other finicial problems.

[Pat Coleman]

Nobody can be forced to move against their will.

[allsky7]

CNU85,

So are Massachusetts,Pennsylvania,Kentucky.

E&h Dad

     Oh the joy of learning!!  I didn't realize PA was a commonwealth. 

[ace]

The state of Virginia is the"Old Dominion State."E&H is located in Virginia not the state of Ohio. Hence E&H is in the  Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

The two quickest ways for Don Montgonery to get a moving van backing up to his front door are to try to convince the alumni to go to the OAC and to have E&H become known for just football( Mt. Union) and not their academic standards.
All the schools in the ODAC are known for their fine student athletes and not just for producing football players.

Google the now defunct Parsons College in Iowa and see what happens to colleges that just focus on football. Parsons was a big name in the 60's but is just a footnote in college football history today.

Last time I checked, there was more than one sport at Emory and Henry.  How do the other coaches feel about leaving their "home" conference and going somewhere else?  What will this move cost the Wasps financially in travel, hotels, and meals not to mention road time? Who is going to foot that cost?

Peace,
The E&H Dad

Mount Union may be known as a "Football School" to members of the ODAC. It is known as a fine academic school that happens to have a very good football program to the people more familiar with the institution.
Monty is well aware of the tradition in the ODAC and well admires it. You also have to realize that although the cost of joining the OAC would be prohibitive. Not to mention that joining would be stupid. There are great cost incurred by E&H as it is, in traveling to ODAC conference sites.


Point of clarificaiton...the first half of the post is a quoted post from E&H Dad.
Thanks, Ralph Turner