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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 14, 2016 18:16:37 GMT -5
As I understand the rule, in Div I, football is the only sport where you are allowed to play in a different conference than the conference in which your basketball team plays. A school may play in a different conference for a sport other than football if the 'home' conference doesn't compete in that sport (e.g., HC women's golf plays/ed in a southern conference, Villanova was a member of the PL for women's lacrosse for about eight years).
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 14, 2016 19:55:24 GMT -5
As I understand the rule, in Div I, football is the only sport where you are allowed to play in a different conference than the conference in which your basketball team plays. A school may play in a different conference for a sport other than football if the 'home' conference doesn't compete in that sport (e.g., HC women's golf plays/ed in a southern conference, Villanova was a member of the PL for women's lacrosse for about eight years). I think it depends on whether a conference enforces this. For many years,. Providence played volleyball outside the Big East, as did Miami in baseball.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 14, 2016 20:00:49 GMT -5
As I understand the rule, in Div I, football is the only sport where you are allowed to play in a different conference than the conference in which your basketball team plays. A school may play in a different conference for a sport other than football if the 'home' conference doesn't compete in that sport (e.g., HC women's golf plays/ed in a southern conference, Villanova was a member of the PL for women's lacrosse for about eight years). I think it depends on whether a conference enforces this. For many years,. Providence played volleyball outside the Big East, as did Miami in baseball. And Fairfield played lacrosse in a different league, even though the MAAC has sponsored lax for a long time.
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Post by hcgrad94 on Dec 14, 2016 20:11:20 GMT -5
The more I think about it, don't underestimate the lure of PL lacrosse.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Dec 14, 2016 20:19:14 GMT -5
Richmond is currently affiliated with four different conferences: - A10
- SoCon
- CAA
- The Patriot League
Richmond is in the Patriot League for Women' s golf.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Dec 14, 2016 20:24:36 GMT -5
The more I think about it, don't underestimate the lure of PL lacrosse. How about two additions to Patriot League Lacrosse, Richmond and Air Force. Both currently playing in the SoCon.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 15, 2016 7:16:09 GMT -5
The more I think about it, don't underestimate the lure of PL lacrosse. How about two additions to Patriot League Lacrosse, Richmond and Air Force. Both currently playing in the SoCon. When Richmond sacrificed men's soccer for lacrosse, I think it was a scollie issue, in that Richmond didn't want to pay for additional scollies for women, even though it does not have a women's volleyball team.
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Post by JRGNYR on Dec 15, 2016 8:19:02 GMT -5
The more I think about it, don't underestimate the lure of PL lacrosse. How about two additions to Patriot League Lacrosse, Richmond and Air Force. Both currently playing in the SoCon. The league is probably big enough as it is at this point. With 9 teams and an 8-game round-robin schedule that starts in late February, the current structure of the league creates some difficulties for teams wanting to schedule a lot of top 20 non-conference opponents. The one caveat is if you were to go to divisions with crossover games, but that would be best done with an even number of teams. Air Force would likely be a non-starter for the PL for no other reason than the travel costs for the East Coast members. They're a really good program and academically they would work, but the appetite likely isn't there because of the travel $.
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