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Budget Woes of the Illinois Schools
Penguin Nation:
The long-term budgetary issues with the IL universities are dismal. The city of Chicago itself has a junk bond rating, and the productive taxpayers are leaving (FL just overtook IL as third most populous state), much like the Curley effect that lead to Detroit's demise. Look at this: http://mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
Lots may happen...and soon. Akron may drop out of the MAC, and JMU may join the MAC. The IL schools may drop FB, and the western MVFC either moves to FBS or forms a partnership with the BSC. It may be a wild ride. The CAA is a shadow of its former self, but would probably be the best option for YSU should the eastern MVFC fold.
go guins:
--- Quote from: Wick250 on February 29, 2016, 11:10:25 AM ---
And where would that leave us if the MVFC programs east of the Mississippi disintegrated? We have kicked this topic around just for fun, but perhaps now is the time that YSU should determine if there is any interest in us as a football-only member of the CAA. I would much rather be affiliated with schools in the corridor from metro Philadelphia to Virginia than being stuck in a league located almost entirely west of the Mississippi.
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Hey Wick, why in the world do you say "football only". One of the things wrong with YSU athletics IMO is the split conferences. I would thing "all in" would be far better.
Wick250:
go guins,
The CAA is not an all-sport, unified conference. Five members for basketball and Olympic sports do not have football. Seven football members have their basketball and Olympic sports in other conferences. In that sense, we would fit right in as a football-only member. We certainly would have no interest in CAA basketball which stretches down to Wilmington and Charleston.
The Horizon League is perfect for basketball and the Olympic sports. Good travel costs with five schools an easy bus ride to Cleveland, metro Detroit, and Dayton/metro Cincinnati. Even the two trips to Chicagoland and Wisconsin are more reasonable than our football travels to much of the MVFC.
Penguin Nation:
It begins:
"Southern Illinois University Edwardsville today announced that it is reducing its intercollegiate athletic programs by two — men’s tennis and women’s golf — effective June 30.
The decision impacts eight men’s tennis student-athletes and eight women’s golf student-athletes currently on the rosters. Men’s tennis head coach Jason Coomer will continue his responsibilities as senior associate director of athletics, which includes serving as sport supervisor for women’s tennis. Director of Golf Derrick Brown will continue in his role as men’s golf head coach.
The decision is a result of a seven-month financial analysis conducted by the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (ICAC) caused by the ongoing state of Illinois budget crisis. ICAC needed to determine a reduction of $200,000 in the Department of Athletics budget.
SIUE will maintain 16 other athletic teams."
http://www.bnd.com/sports/college/article63076947.html
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