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February 7, 2008
NCAA Asks Division III Members for Feedback on Possible 'Fourth Division'
The National Collegiate Athletic Association sent a survey today to the 440 institutions that make up Division III, asking for opinions on how to handle the group’s swelling numbers.

Talk of a possible “fourth division” was all the buzz at the NCAA’s convention last month in Nashville, where members had heated debates on the pros and cons of such a split.

Division III is expected to reach 480 members by 2020, and NCAA leaders have suggested that, to accommodate the growth, Division III will need to subdivide or spawn a new division altogether.

The survey, which is due back to the NCAA at the end of the month, seeks input from athletics administrators, admissions and financial-aid officers, and, of course, college presidents

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Rids

I think they'd be better served with a Div 3 East and a Div 3 West rather than adding a Div 4. Then have the Div 3 East Champion face off against the Div 3 West Champ for a National Champion.

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luther

I agree.

Rids

Any more discussion on this at the NCAA level? Anybody heard anything?

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D4 is dead
at least for now

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The Division II Championships Committee at its September 10-11 meeting agreed to implement the regionalization model that was placed under moratorium at the 2007 NCAA Convention. The action aligns with a recommendation from the Division II Presidents and Management Councils after more than two years of study and discussion about the best way to align Division II regions for championship-selection purposes.

The following principles guide the plan:
Regions will be determined by state boundaries.
A state may reside in more than one region.
Conferences will be assigned to specific regions for automatic qualification and postseason competition.
Conference opponents will count as in-region contest regardless of geographic location.
All opponents within an institution’s geographic region are in-region contests.
Opponents residing within an institution’s state, regardless of conference affiliation, are in-region contests.
All opponents, regardless of conference affiliation, in states contiguous to an institution’s state are in-region contests.

The Championships Committee made some adjustments that include allowing schools in Texas and Colorado to count games between them as in-region contests. Only the Oklahoma Panhandle separates the two states, so the committee felt the additional flexibility was warranted, particularly since institutions in that region would face excessive travel demands for in-region contests otherwise.

Also, institutions in Montana may consider Nebraska and Colorado as contiguous states (and vice versa), since there are no Division II institutions currently in states contiguous to Montana’s southern border. In addition, the west region may consider North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico as contiguous states (and vice versa).

The Championships Committee agreed to keep the plan in place for three years before considering any further modifications. The plan must be implemented in all sports by 2008-09.

Due to the length of deliberation regarding alternative regionalization models, some sports had been scheduled to implement the plan in 2007-08 but were delayed. Those sports – basketball, field hockey, men’s lacrosse, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball – will use an interim scheduling plan for 2007-08.

http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/gove...ap_2_15_06.pdf

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Posted on Tue, Apr. 01, 2008
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Associaiton economic impact: $30.7 million
JEFFERSON GEORGE

The recent CIAA basketball tournament brought $30.7 million to the Charlotte area, with the average visitor spending $695, tourism officials said Tuesday.

Those numbers come from surveys by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority in conjunction with the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Officials asked a sample of CIAA fans to rate the venues, entertainment, nightlife and other aspects of the tournament, which was Feb. 25-March 1 in uptown Charlotte.

Nearly 30,000 people visited Charlotte for the tournament, officials said, up from 27,000 the previous year. About 97 percent of those surveyed plan to attend next year's event.

Visitors spent a total of $20.5 million, which translates to $30.7 million through a formula used by tourism officials. That formula counts indirect and induced spending, such as businesses ordering new inventory and employees using increased income to buy goods.

http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_ne...ry/561851.html

TM

Who was even in this thing? It wasn't on TV, was it?

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http://www.tsn.ca/ncaa/news_story/?I...0&hubname=ncaa

At the NCAA convention in Nashville they said that a total of six Canadian schools have expressed interest. They are most likely the football playing schools in Canada West.

It is a hybrid conference with both FB and nonfootball schools (ie: the Big East). The GNAC should take all six. They would be rival the LSC and WVIAC for the largest D2 conference at 16 but only 10 FB playing members.

http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=5

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