Why doesnt FU upgrade? Money. Villanova loses $2-3M a year in the A-10 despite an attendance base 50% more than that of Fordham. The CAA will not expand beyond 12 at this point.** -- FORDHAM RAMS FOOTBALL FORUM

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Subject: Why doesnt FU upgrade? Money. Villanova loses $2-3M a year in the A-10 despite an attendance base 50% more than that of Fordham. The CAA will not expand beyond 12 at this point.**

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Date Posted: 10:32:38 04/23/05 Sat
In reply to: QB8 's message, "Why doesnt FU upgrade to 1aa scholarship football... emulating Nova' .. solid 1aa football and a 1A game each year.. if FU moves to scholly ftbl I think it is realistic to play 1 game at West Side Stadium each year.. I wrote McShane an email this past summer about scheduling Army after hearing Coach Ross on WFAN... McShane responded the next day saying he would have McL and staff look into it... The point is FU schould be moving onward and upward.. not Marist, Dayton, Albany etc... opportunities will continue to pass FU with McL at the helm.." on 09:24:54 04/21/05 Thu

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An invitation will be extended to Fordham by the CAA Football League in the next two years. Bank on it. Fordham has the potential to draw considerably more fans than Nova. We'll be fine. (NT) Rambacker 14:24:07 04/23/05 Sat

Two questions: Why would the CAA need 13 teams? And why would Fordham dump its rivalries with Georgetown and Holy Cross for Hofstra and Maine?** (NT) -- DFW HOYA, 17:07:55 04/23/05 Sat

The CAA will ultimately go to 14 teams and will be the top 1-AA full scholarship league in the country. And we won't drop Georgetown and Holy Cross - we will continue to play both but we pick up William and Mary, Richmond, Villanova and Delaware plus we have a shot at a national championship with full scholarships. That's a helluva deal. (NT) -- Rambacker, 18:20:35 04/23/05 Sat

Re: The CAA will ultimately go to 14 teams and will be the top 1-AA full scholarship league in the country. And we won't drop Georgetown and Holy Cross - we will continue to play both but we pick up William and Mary, Richmond, Villanova and Delaware plus we have a shot at a national championship with full scholarships. That's a helluva deal. -- sp, 10:48:02 04/25/05 Mon

Many schools have handled this fairly easily - generally it's addressed by a combination of dropping a couple of lesser men's teams and adding a women's team or two. Adding Women's Lacrosse would do the trick. (NT) -- Rambacker, 12:46:00 04/25/05 Mon