crashnburn

Nokes Iron Horse Locomotives/Locos

This is exactly the line of thinking I have. Do to FCS/Midmajor sports what the NCHC did to college hockey. If the better athletic and academic schools band together, their side of the fence will have the greener grass, and wouldn't have to worry about everybody scrambling to leave. And much like the hockey situation, you could lose lousy conference leadership. (Douple)

I would tend to think the reaction would be much like getting invited back into the WCHA2.0 (island of misfit toys). Why would anyone want to be in a conference whose entire membership would prefer to be in different, "better" conferences? (MVC, Horizon, etc.)

If these figures mentioned are accurate, I wouldn't be surprised if this donation was the impetus behind the expedited retirement of the nickname.