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It's my understanding the 13 year waiting period for qualifying for post-season play for basketball has now been reduced to five years. This is tremendous news!
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Excellent News... I was hoping that announcement would come soon. Thanks NCAA!! -
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That is outstanding! ;D ;D ;D
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I hope your understanding is reliable ;D. I trust that it is but will reserve my excitement until I hear all the details. Thanks for the hopeful news.Originally posted by Alumguy
We are here to add what we can to life, not get what we can from life. -Sir William Osler
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pwbnd posted this over at Bisonville.com it comes from the Fargo Forum
http://www.bisonville.com/cgi-bin/ya...num=1082579495
Standing about a mile from a casino, North Dakota State University athletic director Gene Taylor hit the jackpot Wednesday.
The NCAA Management Council passed without opposition a plan to reduce the probationary period for schools reclassifying to Division I to five years. It was 13 years for men's basketball and seven years for all other sports.
''That vote is big,'' Taylor said.
Taylor learned of the vote via cell phone while attending a state line ceremony to kick off the ''Dakota Marker,'' a traveling trophy that will go to the winner of the NDSU and South Dakota State University football game. It was held within sight of the Dakota Magic Casino near Hankinson, N.D.
The legislation, called Proposal 2003-13, will be forwarded to the NCAA Board of Directors this summer. Its approval is considered more of a formality because it did not receive opposition at the Management Council level.
When stamped, it means NDSU and SDSU have one major hurdle left in their transition to Division I: to find a conference. Taylor said both schools needed the waiting period to be reduced before a league would seriously consider them.
''This takes away a huge barrier,'' said SDSU athletic director Fred Oien. ''I think this will allow us to move much quicker.''
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Fabulous news, this makes my day!! Time for the pursuit of a conference to ramp up in earnest. This probably pisses the FES crew off. I'm glad.We are here to add what we can to life, not get what we can from life. -Sir William Osler
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The final vote is set for April 29, 2004!
WOW This is huge for SDSU!
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On the WDAY news tonight it sounded like April 29th is pretty much a formality.
Great news for SDSU/NDSU!
This should help the hunt for a conference.Comment
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Here is part of the Argus Story on the BIG NEWS!
http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Thursdayfeature.shtml
NCAA proposal boosts SDSU's Division I move
Staff & Wire Reports
published: 4/22/2004
South Dakota State's move to Division I athletics received a boost Monday when the NCAA Management Council approved a plan to reduce the probationary period for schools moving up in class.
The plan would reduce to five years the probationary period, during which a school is ineligible for postseason play. It currently is 13 years for men's basketball and seven years for all other sports.
"This takes away a huge barrier," said SDSU athletic director Fred Oien. "I think this will allow us to move much quicker." . . .
SDSU is moving to Division I in all its sports programs except football next fall. Football is moving to Division I-AA and will play in the newly-formed Great West Football Conference.
From the start of the process to move to Division I, Oien, and NDSU athletic directo Gene Taylor, have said that the length of the probation period was a hurdle to getting an invitation to an established conference such as the Big Sky or the Midcontinent.
Now, a school like SDSU, which could produce competitive Division I programs in key sports like men's and women's basketball as soon as next season, could become a much more attractive target for conference expansion.
"This means every freshman we recruit as a senior in high school - and we recruit them this year - if they were to take one redshirt year, they could compete for the national championship in their sport," Oien said Wednesday.
"This waiting period seemed long, and it seemed like an argument not to do it, but (now) it'll be pretty short in the lifespan of the university."
The proposal will be forwarded to the NCAA Board of Directors this summer. Its approval is considered a formality because it did not receive opposition at the Management Council level.
"When we were out there talking to people about the Division I move, we knew it was on the horizon, that they were going to try to change it," Oien said of the NCAA proposal.
"We're just glad that our student athletes in every sport, if we're in a qualifying conference, could be in their national championships by 2008-2009."
Go State!
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Great news! That 13-year rule was ridiculous.Comment
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This is not good news for Clarence Kooistra from Garretson and allegedly an alum from SDSU. What about th Klouschek, I bet he trying to figure this one out and how can I put a spin on this move that makes this big move a mistake. Klouscek should switch his loyalty to USD, they need all the help they can get ;D ;DComment
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Sounds like a prison sentence. Was this reduced for good behavior?Originally posted by AlumguyComment
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Roger,
Why so negative? >
??? Life is to short to be this angry at such a young age. You may want to stay away from our little group, it is mostly filled with positive people, wouldn't want us to rub off on you. 
If you can't find joy in this then you are in the wrong place. You may want to check out this thread, I think it might help.
http://diaafootball.com/cgi-bin/yabb...num=1078424916
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