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The MAAC's five-year plan
The MAAC issued a detailed report today on its five-year strategic plan, which was drawn up at the conference's recent council of presidents meeting. The report contains everything from the presidents' stance on mandatory summer school for athletes to their desire to add associate members for men's lacrosse.
Most importantly, though, from a basketball standpoint is this: the men's and women's basketball tournaments -- which we discussed extensively in our "MAAC Madness" series last summer -- will be held in once venue from 2012-14 instead of alternatatig venues.
The council will meet again in the spring to pick a site, with the Times Union Center in Albany -- the host for the 2009 and 2010 tournaments -- a clear frontrunner.
Other candidates include Bridgeport, Buffalo, Newark and Mohegan Sun.
The plan also calls for measures to try to make the Times Union Center a more neutral environment in the 09 and 10 tournaments by doing the following: "Adding additional team purchase options within the center court sections of the lower bowl, MAAC signage around the top of the center hung scoreboard, signage to the entrance doors and windows, four VIP premier seats behind the team benches for each session, and selling six premium seats to each team at courtside locations."
Sounds good to me, but I'll bet ya anything Siena will have a pretty darn good home-court advantage, especially if the Saints advance to the semifinals.
The full release on the strategic plan is below:
Edison, N.J. – The MAAC Council of Presidents concluded its fall 2008 meeting on December 11 in New York City with the approval of a new 5-Year Strategic Plan for the conference.
Highlights of the plan include:
*Implementing an annual meeting of the league’s Faculty Athletic Representatives and formalizing the current annual meeting of the MAAC’s Compliance Directors
*Modifying the current television schedule policy for men’s basketball to include future “wild card” games during the regular season
*Mandating web streaming of the MAAC core sports’ championships
*Continuing with the fall championship Disney Sports experience for the sports of men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country, while the men’s and women’s golf championships will remain at a warm weather site
*Elevating the MAAC Women’s Lacrosse League to a core sport, with no requirement that all MAAC teams belong to the league
*Seeking additional associate members for the MAAC Men’s Lacrosse League, with consideration for cost containment with regards to travel distances
*Increasing the conference buy-in for new members, plus an equity buy-in to the MAAC Asset Corporation
*Continuing to be proactive in the national discussions on future NCAA Division I membership standards.
*The MAAC leadership will continue to work with NCAA President Myles Brand on controlling the increasing costs of Division I athletic programs
*Agreeing unanimously to eliminate Strategy 3.1, this was intended to expand the championship field in the core sports from four to six teams. It was noted that expansion would increase missed class time and operational expenses. It was also agreed that the emphasis should be on rewarding in-season conference competition and limit post-season to the top four teams. The Council of Presidents reiterated its long time opposition to championship field expansion
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In other business, the MAAC Council of Presidents announced that:
The Council continues to oppose the NCAA Basketball Academic Enhancement Group (BAEG) proposals related to summer school attendance and coaching access, because it dilutes the academic reform efforts associated with the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Council was opposed to mandatory summer school for student-athletes as it is an encroachment on institutional autonomy.
The Council had received a report from Rich Oriolo of Stafford Sports LLC on its review of the MAAC Basketball Championships and future bid cycles. It was noted that:
*The Council discussed plans to make the 2009 and 2010 championships at the Times Union Center a neutral environment by adding additional team purchase options within the center court sections of the lower bowl, MAAC signage around the top of the center hung scoreboard, signage to the entrance doors and windows, four VIP premier seats behind the team benches for each session, and selling six premium seats to each team at courtside locations.
*The Council approved a recommendation for the development of bid specs for a 3-year commitment for the 2012-2014 basketball championships at one venue. Bid specs will be distributed in late spring/early summer with a due date around the end of summer/September. *The MAAC Marketing Committee will discuss bids at their in-person meeting at Disney Sports, and the Council of Presidents will make a decision at its December 2009 meeting.
*The 2009 Citizens Bank MAAC Basketball Championships’ ticket sales are ahead of the 2008 sales, and the Council commended the Times Union Center’s efforts to aggressively promote the championship.
Most importantly, though, from a basketball standpoint is this: the men's and women's basketball tournaments -- which we discussed extensively in our "MAAC Madness" series last summer -- will be held in once venue from 2012-14 instead of alternatatig venues.
The council will meet again in the spring to pick a site, with the Times Union Center in Albany -- the host for the 2009 and 2010 tournaments -- a clear frontrunner.
Other candidates include Bridgeport, Buffalo, Newark and Mohegan Sun.
The plan also calls for measures to try to make the Times Union Center a more neutral environment in the 09 and 10 tournaments by doing the following: "Adding additional team purchase options within the center court sections of the lower bowl, MAAC signage around the top of the center hung scoreboard, signage to the entrance doors and windows, four VIP premier seats behind the team benches for each session, and selling six premium seats to each team at courtside locations."
Sounds good to me, but I'll bet ya anything Siena will have a pretty darn good home-court advantage, especially if the Saints advance to the semifinals.
The full release on the strategic plan is below:
Edison, N.J. – The MAAC Council of Presidents concluded its fall 2008 meeting on December 11 in New York City with the approval of a new 5-Year Strategic Plan for the conference.
Highlights of the plan include:
*Implementing an annual meeting of the league’s Faculty Athletic Representatives and formalizing the current annual meeting of the MAAC’s Compliance Directors
*Modifying the current television schedule policy for men’s basketball to include future “wild card” games during the regular season
*Mandating web streaming of the MAAC core sports’ championships
*Continuing with the fall championship Disney Sports experience for the sports of men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country, while the men’s and women’s golf championships will remain at a warm weather site
*Elevating the MAAC Women’s Lacrosse League to a core sport, with no requirement that all MAAC teams belong to the league
*Seeking additional associate members for the MAAC Men’s Lacrosse League, with consideration for cost containment with regards to travel distances
*Increasing the conference buy-in for new members, plus an equity buy-in to the MAAC Asset Corporation
*Continuing to be proactive in the national discussions on future NCAA Division I membership standards.
*The MAAC leadership will continue to work with NCAA President Myles Brand on controlling the increasing costs of Division I athletic programs
*Agreeing unanimously to eliminate Strategy 3.1, this was intended to expand the championship field in the core sports from four to six teams. It was noted that expansion would increase missed class time and operational expenses. It was also agreed that the emphasis should be on rewarding in-season conference competition and limit post-season to the top four teams. The Council of Presidents reiterated its long time opposition to championship field expansion
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In other business, the MAAC Council of Presidents announced that:
The Council continues to oppose the NCAA Basketball Academic Enhancement Group (BAEG) proposals related to summer school attendance and coaching access, because it dilutes the academic reform efforts associated with the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Council was opposed to mandatory summer school for student-athletes as it is an encroachment on institutional autonomy.
The Council had received a report from Rich Oriolo of Stafford Sports LLC on its review of the MAAC Basketball Championships and future bid cycles. It was noted that:
*The Council discussed plans to make the 2009 and 2010 championships at the Times Union Center a neutral environment by adding additional team purchase options within the center court sections of the lower bowl, MAAC signage around the top of the center hung scoreboard, signage to the entrance doors and windows, four VIP premier seats behind the team benches for each session, and selling six premium seats to each team at courtside locations.
*The Council approved a recommendation for the development of bid specs for a 3-year commitment for the 2012-2014 basketball championships at one venue. Bid specs will be distributed in late spring/early summer with a due date around the end of summer/September. *The MAAC Marketing Committee will discuss bids at their in-person meeting at Disney Sports, and the Council of Presidents will make a decision at its December 2009 meeting.
*The 2009 Citizens Bank MAAC Basketball Championships’ ticket sales are ahead of the 2008 sales, and the Council commended the Times Union Center’s efforts to aggressively promote the championship.
posted by Ben Doody at
9:51 PM
2 Comments:
Doody,
Major discussion going on about Dempsey's career record - and why it includes his JUCO head coaching record but doesn't include his year as Rider's interim head coach (all D-I head coaches that have had an interim tag had all included their interim record in their own career record). It seems odd that Dempsey doesn't want to include the 8-20 record in his first year as Rider's head coach - when every other head coach that had an interim tag does include it. If he was 20-8 in his first year, I'm sure it would be included.
Also, Rider's practice of using the date of game as their attendance figure for many home games during holiday/semester break over the years is also a joke - so far this year, the Cal State Northridge game is the example.....as there were a couple of hundred people at the game and the announced crowd was 1,129 - same as the date of the game, 11/29.
Lots of nonsense coming out of Lawrenceville these days.
Shut up! I was there and there were way more then a couple hundred people at the cal state game although not sure if there were as many as 1,129. Maybe you should help supprot the school instead of making the attendance look worse then it was.
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