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NCAA talking about creating a new division

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by D-3 Fan, Feb 8, 2008.

  1. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    How dare you suggest the NCAA is tainted by money.

    These are amateurs playing sports in their most pure form.
     
  2. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    Fixed.
     
  3. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    Isn't the NAIA essentially Division IV?
     
  4. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    They're the NCAA's illegitimate bastard child. They operate under a different set of rules and organization.
     
  5. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    I thought there was some kind of separation, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the info D-3 Fan.

    Where would you place the level of competition in NAIA compared to the NCAA divisions?
     
  6. From my own personal perspective, many NAIA schools would beat up on NCAA Division III schools.

    As a previous poster mentioned, the NAIA has different rules than the NCAA in regards to some eligibility matters, including amateur status and academics. So the NAIA often times becomes a route for, shall we say, academically-challenged athletes who are good enough to play at a higher NCAA level.
     
  7. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    To add, if I'm not mistaken, some NAIA schools can offer scholarships, no?

    I know that the Wisconsin schools (LaCrosse, Whitewater, Platteville, etc) can offer athletic scholarships because they are state schools, which makes them unique because they are D-III.
     
  8. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Correct, they can all offer scholarships. Excruciating detail on limits to follow:

    Baseball - 12
    Basketball (Division I) - 11
    Basketball (Division II) - 6
    Cross country only - 5
    Football - 24
    Golf - 5
    Soccer - 12
    Softball - 10
    Swimming and diving - 8
    Tennis - 5
    Track and field (no XC) - 12
    Track and field/XC combined - 17
    Volleyball - 8
    Wrestling - 8
     
  9. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Frankly, most of the Wisconsin schools should be Division II. Enrollment-wise, some should even be Division I. There's several over 10,000 enrollment. Including the fighting UW-Eau Claire Blugolds.
     
  10. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Back in the day (the mid-80s), the NAIA was probably on par with D-II — going from one to the other was considered a lateral move.

    But in the late 80s, most of the football-playing schools jumped ship for the more prestigious NCAA. The Oklahoma and Arkansas schools were among the last holdouts — they got sick of playing each other for the NAIA national championship and finally bailed sometime in the early 90s.

    The creation of a D-IV would probably kill the NAIA once and for all. If the NAIA doesn't voluntarily merge, which is always a possibility.
     
  11. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Actually Flasher, as of next season Canadian schools can compete in the NCAA but they have to do so at the Division II level.

    And to whoever mentioned the Wisconsin schools, they do not offer athletic scholarships at the Division III level.
     
  12. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I'll bet this new division gets a football playoff...
     
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