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bluedog
June 22nd, 2020, 07:03 AM
The remaining 22 Division I conferences outside of the Power 5 have joined the Group of 5 conferences in requesting that the NCAA relax its requirements for membership, including the minimum number of sports a school must sponsor and the number of games teams must play. But not all coaches were on board with the initiative.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29083340/schools-ask-ncaa-relax-member-requirements

walliver
June 22nd, 2020, 09:05 AM
From reading the article, this is only for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

My concern is that the changed may become permanent. I doubt that would effect FCS schools that much since Title IX would still be in effect, but I can see a lot of the G5 schools dropping most men's sports other than football and basketball.

bluedog
June 22nd, 2020, 09:07 AM
From reading the article, this is only for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

My concern is that the changed may become permanent. I doubt that would effect FCS schools that much since Title IX would still be in effect, but I can see a lot of the G5 schools dropping most men's sports other than football and basketball.Agreed