I don't know how much of an impact this has on other major sports (all I remember is us playing basketball against Guelph lol), but at the very least it's going to have major implications for NCAA hockey.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/SPORTS13/802150451

Quote :

"The Canadians are coming. Thanks to a ruling at the NCAA convention last month, college hockey may see its next big expansion movement come north of the border. NCAA officials voted overwhelmingly to allow Canadian schools to apply for NCAA membership in all sports. Canadian schools could begin play in the NCAA as early as next season, with Division II as the predetermined landing spot. But since hockey doesn't have a Division II, Canadian universities could jump right into Division I in that sport."

2/15/2008 3:46:32 PM

All the cool kids play junior.

2/15/2008 3:52:38 PM

Maybe those fuckers will finally have to play football on a field with the right dimensions.

2/15/2008 4:44:16 PM

if mexico has universities will they be allowed to do the same in the near future?

2/15/2008 4:46:40 PM

^ no b/c when they come over to play our teams they will just stay rather than return home, haha.

2/15/2008 4:51:36 PM

cucumber picking isn't an NCAA sport

2/15/2008 4:51:55 PM

damn, now State basketball will be even lower ranked

2/15/2008 4:56:33 PM

Quote :

"if mexico has universities"

was that a serious comment?

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM. Reason : i honestly can't tell =[]

2/15/2008 4:59:25 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGPh8Hjyg8

2/15/2008 5:14:28 PM

they teach how to boil water

2/15/2008 5:15:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M&feature=related

2/15/2008 5:16:50 PM

this might affect hockey and (if mexican universities join the ncaa) soccer

but it wont affect football or basketball so who really gives a shit

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM. Reason : also you wouldnt see oregon state or unc in the college world series...todos los equipos mexicanos]

2/15/2008 5:17:38 PM

I went to a UCLA vs. Monterrey Tech game in 2004

Quote :

"Monterrey Tech, a collegiate team from Mexico, will play UCLA on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion in an exhibition game. Monterrey Tech replaces Centro Universitario Mineiro Uberlandia (from Brazil). "

One of the Brazilian players murdered another so they had to cancel

2/15/2008 5:26:07 PM

lmao in ncaa football a few years ago i created a bunch of schools and replaced the sun belt with them and put them all in canada (to not really mess up any real schools local recruiting and 3 of the teams ended up being top 10 almost every year.

2/15/2008 5:29:14 PM

Canadians play football with 12 men on the field too. And wtf is up with the goal posts being right at the goal line? I thought all the people running into them is why we (Americans) moved the goal posts behind the endzone.

2/15/2008 5:38:04 PM

from that graphic, it looks like the goal posts are planted at about the goal line, and then hang over to boot.

WEIRD.

2/15/2008 6:06:09 PM

so are they going to start calling it the Bi-National College Athletics Association?

2/15/2008 6:46:35 PM

they'll just call in the IN-CAA, which is pronounced the same as NCAA in some parts of the country.

2/15/2008 9:33:25 PM

Quote :

"Canadians play football with 12 men on the field too."

Ummmmm.....

2/15/2008 9:38:30 PM

^ what's the umm... all about? it's true Canadian football has each team play with 12 players on the field unlike American football where we play with 11 players.

2/15/2008 10:00:11 PM

GUELPH!

2/15/2008 10:05:53 PM

NACAA
North American Collegiate Athletic Association

2/15/2008 10:12:35 PM

i've always wondered why the NHL was acceptable since it's not just one nation.

2/15/2008 10:26:49 PM

National Basketball Assoc.
National Hockey League


they're all just names. no real context. I mean come on we have the WORLD SERIES, and only 3 countries can at most participate. 2 of them has only 1 team.

it will stay NCAA and I think this is awesome. maybe NCAA hockey will finally get some damn attention.

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM. Reason : goddamnit]

2/15/2008 10:34:17 PM

whats the 3rd country?

2/15/2008 11:11:32 PM

laugh out fucking loud at the mexican comments hahahahahahahahahahahaha

"mexico has universities - was that serious" LOL

"mexicans will come and just stay" wow,,, haha

2/15/2008 11:49:48 PM

lol at mexico.

2/15/2008 11:54:25 PM

Sorry Brass. Thought you meant "too" as in the same as American football. My bad.

2/16/2008 1:58:49 AM

I bet they are looking forward to their first ACC win in basketball with us

2/16/2008 4:15:23 AM

that's a long fucking commute for one game

2/16/2008 11:36:24 AM