Richmond already severed ties with W&M in all other sports when it jumped to the A-10 from the CAA. I agree that football may be different. On the other hand, from what I hear about the football situation at Richmond, the administration has a lukewarm committment to the sport. The PL may be a good fit, because the school does not seem committed to competing at the level necessary to field a consistent A-10/CAA program. -- FORDHAM RAMS FOOTBALL FORUM

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Subject: Richmond already severed ties with W&M in all other sports when it jumped to the A-10 from the CAA. I agree that football may be different. On the other hand, from what I hear about the football situation at Richmond, the administration has a lukewarm committment to the sport. The PL may be a good fit, because the school does not seem committed to competing at the level necessary to field a consistent A-10/CAA program.

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Date Posted: 10:30:31 03/02/05 Wed
In reply to: bfg 's message, "I have trouble seeing Richmond leaving and not being in same conference as W&M, their oldest rival. It might work if they moved together. Throw in 'Nova and we have one heck of a I-AA football conference." on 08:56:39 03/02/05 Wed

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Also, if Richmond joins the PL beginning in 2007, we get to knock off the schedule one of those "mid major" games. (NT) JoltinJoe 10:43:36 03/02/05 Wed

Agree about most sports, Joe, but I think the UR/W&M game is among the oldest football rivalries in the country. I looked at the UR message board and they don't want to give that up. They may wind up joining the PL, but their fans aren't happy about it. (NT) bfg 10:43:46 03/02/05 Wed

If they move to the PL, I assume they could keep scheduling the game as an OOC game. (NT) -- DebataRam, 10:56:05 03/02/05 Wed

Yes, but their schedule starts to get tough logistically. They see their big rivals as W&M, JMU, 'Nova and Delaware. They also play a I-A game. It becomes tough to keep all of those games on a PL schedule. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them in the PL and I think they may well make the move. I'm just try ing to look at the situation as they see it. (NT) -- bfg, 11:07:29 03/02/05 Wed

Yes, that's why I said football may be different. (NT) -- JoltinJoe, 11:08:37 03/02/05 Wed

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