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LFN I am not sure what your point is. FCS schools are losing money and the amount is increasing. The FBS schools are losing less money and in FIU's case making money.
FAU is renting a stadium...

These schools football teams are less than 10 yrs old and don't have the following you have which gives you a major advantage. You have better fan support, a larger game day attendance and raise...

Dane what is your analysis of the following information? I don't think UMass needs to raise that much money.

Their AD has mentioned on a number of occasions the number $100M in order for Mass to...

I think a school can start a program at the FCS level and move to the FBS level in a lower level conference as we have seen in the Sun Belt with FAU and FIU. Both of their programs are less then 10...

To make more money for the conference and provide the southern schools with opponents for their other sports teams?

The CAA (or any other conference) could hire an Experienced Assistant...

Monitoring their board it looks like the move to FBS is gaining momentum. They present a good Economic case for making the move.

Are there any teams in the NEC would would like to join the CAA? Perhaps do a college swap?

A couple of comments. Buffalo hired a new AD and Coach a few years ago. Last year they played in a Bowl game. They upgraded their 17K seat facility to 30k seats. I read it isn't a very nice...

I don't know everything, the NE schools have done. Their posters will have to answer. They have done incremental improvements.
Maine has their dome / indoor football field plus other upgrades,...

Hasn't GSU already stated they want to move to FBS? I will see if I can find the link.


I don't think UMass will ever be in the Big East. They can't afford it. BC - ACC and Conn - Big East...

* School . . . . . . . .(stadium / enrollment / Endowment)
* Maine. . . . . . . . .(10,000 / 12,000 / $231 Million)
* Massachusetts. .(17,000 / 26,000 / $348 Million) ( Expand stadium if...

UNH in CT,
I am not sure how important the AQ is. I think it is less important to recruits than the quality of the opposition of the OOC teams.
I would advocate a bye week after the 10'th game...

The "arms race" will continue, and it will grow as the economy improves and the competition for athletes continues. The next step will be to increase the size of coaching staffs.
Maine, NH, and URI...

I think that (post 95) is a good start. Discussion among the Athletic Directors with the formation in 2011 gives the CAA time to organize and schedule.
Year 1 - Additional funding will come from...

I believe you are large enough to support a FBS program. Is that something that is still being talked about?

Umass is about 100 miles, less than 2hours from Albany. I expect that we will develop a rivalry as soon as you upgrade. The UMass Stadium - McGuirk Stadium - has a seating capacity of 17K. You are...

I am not sure how many of the current CAA teams would change, but soome would. With spending limits UMass would. Albany would probably join the CAA and hasn't Georgia State already stated they...

I would rather watch a higher level of play every week and there is no doubt the Sun Belt teams have better players across the board than any CAA team. The Sun Belt teams do award 85 scholarships...

I agree and would like to see a FBS for half the CAA teams and would expect half the teams in the CAA to remain at the FCS level.
I would like to see both managed by the CAA. They could use a new...

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Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) - Paragraph 4: How is APR calculated

Defining Academic Reform

I track this also so hope this becomes an active thread. I do expect the total number of transfers from FBS to FCS schools to go down each year as the pressure from the NCAA for schools to maintain...

I have been watching NE for years and am still waiting for them to resolve their stadium issue. Unless they make a commitment to their stadium issue, buy the houses around the stadium or come up...

Let me add a couple of quick points.

Whenever there is a discussion of I-A/FBC UMass is always brought up. There is no way that UMass will be welcome into the BE. There have been continuous...

One of the reason for the poor attendance is that people don't have enough time to arrange transportation. Another reason is that Chat isn't a vacation city.

The game needs to be moved around to...

Have to agree with you. I wouldn't consider the URI job coveted. Of course that depends on how large of a recruiting budget and coaches discretionary fund the coach will get.