- October 5th, 2010, 11:10 am
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I talked to the AD about this last week. Everything is in place and we're on track for Division I. Based on my conversations with both President Griffith and with Brian Reese, the administration is fully committed to Division I. The NCAA, and all its red tape, is asking for more precise language regarding the self study's section on athletes' amenities. Essentially, the NCAA wants more specificity in explaining why we don't have legions of academic tutors for our athletes and things like that. In transitioning to DI, PC's administration scheduled in a buffer so that if we hit a snag in the process, we would have time to fix things without our application being rejected outright. We're committed, even though football's performance hasn't been great. For example, construction on a brand new locker room for the football team will be started pretty much the day after this season ends. In other areas, we're doing all that we can to update facilities like baseball and softball, all with less than 10,000 living alumni and in the context of the worst economic situation since the Great Depression. The plan to transition to DI has been in the works since 1998, and we had just put everything in place to really get it going when the economy's bottom dropped out.
PRESBYTERIAN ATHLETICS: PREDESTINED TO KICK A**
ALBA GU BRATH!!! GO BLUE HOSE!!!
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