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YSU and the MAC
goodnews:
People are making moves to protect themselves. I dont think it's a coincidence that we are now scheduling Villanova and Towson 35 years later. There is NO one to play that anyone gives a damn about anymore. Not to mention, Richmond moving to the Patriot league. The CAA has had a revolving door for the last 10 years. The OVC has disbanded. We would be naive to think movement isn't coming to the MVC.
nova75:
Goodnews you are 100% correct. The CAA is a shell of itself. Almost embarrassing the teams that are now in that conference. If the Dakotas follow it could be the same for the MVFC.
guinpen:
--- Quote from: nova75 on June 19, 2024, 06:24:26 PM ---Sadly it would seem that FCS football is on death’s doorstep. Recent teams moving to FBS is only the beginning. Whether we want to believe it or not, the MAC is a better place for kids to play than FCS. It doesn’t matter that the top couple of teams in FCS could beat them regularly, it is D1 FBS. Period. FCS is basically a farm system at this point, with minimal interest except for a handful of schools.
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I agree
IAA Fan:
--- Quote from: goodnews on June 19, 2024, 05:52:52 PM ---I believe the added football scholarships would require us adding more womens sports or getting rid of mens.
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Yes and no I would think goodnews. Many of the FBS programs offer less we do, the big difference is that YSU can call theirs a partial; where in FBS, even a penny in football scholarship would constitute a full scholarship. But in terms of the number of scholarships, I think you are correct. There are only 6 sports that are allowed to offer full-ride scholarships:
Football = 63 (equivalency) no max player count
Men’s Basketball = 13 (full ride only) 15 player max
Women’s Basketball = 15 (full ride only) 15 player max
Women’s Gymnastics
Tennis = 4.5 (full-ride) 10 player max
Women's Tennis = 8 (full-ride) 9 player max
Volleyball = 12 (equivalency)
These are known as head count sports. So, if we add head-count scholarships (assuming we are at our max) we have to delete a head-count scholarship. So dropping baseball, or swimming, or Track does not really help. It helps financially, but not with the NCAA guidelines. This is the reason why there are so many schools that play non-scholarship football (or do not field a team). This does not even cover those players that are not in uniform during a game or do not play. Ths is one of the reasons why the NCAA added football rules allowing that a certain number of minutes can be played and it does not count against the player's figures.
YsuPride:
Ysu facilities are better than half the Mac. Ncaa apparently doesn't stress the stadium size since we would have a bigger seating than Kennesaw. I don't think it would matter we would be in the top half of attendance in the Mac anyways. Mac schools other than toledo don't really avg more than 13 to 15k a game. We draw 10k with 0 d1 home games. We would be ok.
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