VIC TRILLI
So my story about Newman came out today (in short, they want to be in the MIAA) and when it got delayed a week I was worried I was going to have to change a big chunk of it because the MIAA’s vote on letting Rockhurst in was supposed to be this past Friday — June 12 — but they put it off until July 1. They did have a vote on Friday about expansion, but it was secret, and it was the athletic directors that voted on it. But if you read my story you can see that the athletic directors in the MIAA are definitely against expansion, so I guess it’s not a very well-kept secret. I tried to talk to all 12 of them, got nine to go on record and out of those, eight were against expansion in any form. What’s that mean? Just that I spent a lot of time talking to ADs, who are an interesting bunch.
My thoughts on this whole deal are this: If the MIAA wants to expand, then they need to bring in a cluster of teams at once. One at a time, because of scheduling, is just not going to work. And they need 12 football schools.
This way, football splits into a north/south east/west format, and so does basketball. So in that case, you’re gonna need either Nebraska-Kearney or William Jewell to come in, because both of them have football.
I understand the MIAA wants to protect its brand, and they rightfully should. But we live in the era of the mega-conference, and if you’re not ahead of the curve, you’re behind it. It’s the way of the future.
I’ll definitely be back to weigh in on this when Rockhurst is voted either in or out.
I’m out … TA
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