re: Tech/ULM football series

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You don't get points for attendance.

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Tell that to NCAA when ULM doesn't make their attendance minimums this year.

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Hate it, but they are in HUGE risk of not meeting D-1 attendance minimums this year and will probably be forced out of D-1 and back to D1-AA class.

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This will never happen. Not even sure if it's still a rule. If it is, I seem to recall that if you have a less than 15,000 average in one season, you have a probation season the next year to average greater than 15,000. I could be totally wrong, just going off a sketchy memory.

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It is a shame their attendance has been so bad especially since this is probably the best year they have had since entering D-1 football.

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Very true. But still time to improve the average. As I have said repeatedly, Monre SUCKS when it comes to supporting ULM. Embarassingly so.

Techs avoidance of ULM has gotten them a 3-6 record this year instead of a 2-7 record. We can say that much. Great decision on Tech's part. There is a huge difference between 3-6 and 2-7.

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Correct, ULM will schedule Arky in Little Rock and call it a 'home game'. 50,000 Arkansas fans will prop up their little program another year.

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It's called creativity. The NCAA doesn't have problem with it.

"20.9.6.3 Football-Attendance Requirements. Once every two years the institution shall average at least 15,000 in actual attendance for all home football games.

"20.9.6.3.1 Counting Attendance. For purposes of computing attendance figures an individual may be counted if any one of the following conditions applies:

"(a) Attendees are issued tickets that are collected upon admission to the game and retained;

"(b) Attendees enter through and are counted by a turnstile accuracy of the count on a per-game basis; or

"(c) Attendees enter through a gate at which a representative of the department of athletics counts them individually with a manual counter, and the representative provides a written statement verifying the accuracy of the count on a per-game basis.

20.9.6.3.2 Certified Audit. In meeting the football-attendance requirements of Division I-A, an institution must undertake an annual certified audit verifying its football attendance. The audit must be conducted by an outside auditing firm. The audited football paid-attendance figures must be received in the NCAA national office not later than the February 15 following the completion of the football season and NCAA national office staff shall verify compliance with all I-A attendance requirements. The certified audit and materials (including the ticket manifest) must be available for inspection for a four-year period.

Once again, the weather has been horrible for every ULM game this year. We will find out this weekend if Monroe supports this team.

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Sounds like you get a mulligan every two years.

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That's the beauty of the home and home with Arkansas. NLU gets to live another day until that contract runs out. But like I said, I really don't think they are enforcing this rule. I think there would be a lawsuit if they forced a hardship on a conference due to attendance.

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I think there would be a lawsuit if they forced a hardship on a conference due to attendance.

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Very true. ULM met all requirements to move to IA. Not exactly fair to change the rules now. But it is the NCAA, who knows what they will/will not do.

hooray for moral victories.. what is Tech's record again?