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Sports across the range of schools that moved-up during the realignment flurry earlier Situations, the research that follows evaluates the performances of multiple non-football Upon her concern, undoubtedly shared by coaches of many sports in similar Men’s basketball, the featured sport on our campus, but speculated the change wouldīe a negative for her team, which she felt did not have the resources necessary

Indicated that she understood the logic of making the move for the sake of The university had just announced it wasĬhanging conference affiliation, ‘moving up’ to a higher level, more Or secondary sports at a coffee shop near campus. Was an impromptu conversation with the head coach of one of our university’s ‘Olympic’ Key words: Conference affiliation, Olympic sports, basketball, sports administration The findings suggest the move has been challenging for these teams. Has upon universities’ non-football sports. While past research has almost exclusivelyįocused on football, this research considers the impact that affiliation change Paper looks at the issue from a new perspective. Led to a “case of intercollegiate musical chairs” (2, p. Realignment: Impact upon University ‘Olympic’ SportsĬonference realignment has in recent years Students at the College of Charleston and Research Assistants within the The School of Business of the College of Charleston. Litvin, Crystal Lindner and Jillian WilkieĬharleston, South Carolina Litvin is a professor in
