Richmond moving to PL in 2025

[bonarae]

... as a football-only member in that league. Should Georgetown be expelled from the league and may drop the sport eventually due to their very hard-headedness towards football?

https://richmondspiders.com/news/2024/5 ... eason.aspx

[BDKJMU]

Is the PL still at 60 schollies and no (non medical) redshirts allowed?

[bonarae]

Is the PL still at 60 schollies and no (non medical) redshirts allowed?

Full FCS limit now enforced starting this year; non-medical redshirts now permitted from 2025 onwards.

[BDKJMU]

Is the PL still at 60 schollies and no (non medical) redshirts allowed?

Full FCS limit now enforced starting this year; non-medical redshirts now permitted from 2025 onwards.

Ok, it makes a little more sense, but UR still a geographic misfit. UR (and I believe W&M) did have a higher academic acceptance bar than the most of the CAA, but not sure if its as high as the PL’s leaguewide policy.

Unless W&M and VU joins the PL, UR would have been better off going SoCon

[GannonFan]

Full FCS limit now enforced starting this year; non-medical redshirts now permitted from 2025 onwards.

Ok, it makes a little more sense, but UR still a geographic misfit. UR (and I believe W&M) did have a higher academic acceptance bar than the most of the CAA, but not sure if its as high as the PL’s leaguewide policy.

Unless W&M and VU joins the PL, UR would have been better off going SoCon

Sports aside, someone has to pay full price tuition. There are more folks in some of the northeastern states (PA, NJ, NY, Conn, etc) who are wealthy enough to pay close to full freight. Joining up with like-minded schools gives Richmond that cachet to pull in those types of students/families. Not sure they get the same bang for the buck in the SoCon.

[BDKJMU]

Full FCS limit now enforced starting this year; non-medical redshirts now permitted from 2025 onwards.

Ok, it makes a little more sense, but UR still a geographic misfit. UR (and I believe W&M) did have a higher academic acceptance bar than the most of the CAA, but not sure if its as high as the PL’s leaguewide policy.

Unless W&M and VU joins the PL, UR would have been better off going SoCon.

[bonarae]

'Nova joining the PL too in 2026. CAA is crumbling... and may be history soon.

PL now on to a 9 game conference schedule as well. Ivies may be left to schedule PFL and HBCUs.

https://patriotleague.org/news/2025/6/5 ... -2026.aspx

[BDKJMU]

CAA last 22 seasons semi and NC game appearances:
2003 UD won NC
2004 JMU won NC; W&M lost semis to JMU
2005 ——-
2006 UMASS lost NC
2007 UD lost NC; UR lost semis
2008 Richmond won NC; JMU lost semis
2009 VU won NC; W&M lost semis to VU
2010 UD lost NC; VU lost semis
2011 ——
2012 ——
2013 Towson lost NC; UNH lost semis
2014 UNH lost semis
2015 UR lost semis
2016 JMU won NC
2017 JMU lost NC
2018 Maine lost semis
2019 JMU lost NC
2020 JMU lost semis
2021 JMU lost semis
2022 ——
2023 Albany lost semis
2024 ——

Only the 4 bolded UNH, Towson, Maine, and Albany remain.
4 teams that have won 5 NC gone.
5 teams that have 10 NC game appearances gone. Only TU remains that has made it to the NC game.
6 teams that have made 18 semis gone.

2003-2010 a great conference
2011-2021 a good conference
2022-2025 a mediocre at best conference
2026- a poor conference

[BDKJMU]

Sacred Heart plays in a high school/Div III (3.3k capacity) size stadium. CAA has turned into such a joke I can’t even make fun of them. Just sad.

[bonarae]

Sacred Heart plays in a high school/Div III (3.3k capacity) size stadium. CAA has turned into such a joke I can’t even make fun of them. Just sad.

CAA has fallen off a cliff.

[Caribbean Hen]

Ok, it makes a little more sense, but UR still a geographic misfit. UR (and I believe W&M) did have a higher academic acceptance bar than the most of the CAA, but not sure if its as high as the PL’s leaguewide policy.

Unless W&M and VU joins the PL, UR would have been better off going SoCon

Sports aside, someone has to pay full price tuition. There are more folks in some of the northeastern states (PA, NJ, NY, Conn, etc) who are wealthy enough to pay close to full freight. Joining up with like-minded schools gives Richmond that cachet to pull in those types of students/families. Not sure they get the same bang for the buck in the SoCon.

Sure they would, big money is headed south these days

[Caribbean Hen]

Sacred Heart plays in a high school/Div III (3.3k capacity) size stadium. CAA has turned into such a joke I can’t even make fun of them. Just sad.

CAA has fallen off a cliff.

Some Intel I received 10 years ago… who would of believed it

“the latest on the off the wall rumors UD JMU Stoney lookin to move and Mac talk is heating up again. nova richy and mary goin to patriot...lol...we will think about it if we dont have to move all teams. umass has bigger ideas. stay tuned”