Quote Originally Posted by Jim Ganzer, "IWB" View Post
Someone in one of the threads mentioned not liking the "basketball only" comment. I agree, while these schools do not have football, they are not "basketball only". In the same light, even though I was born and raised catholic, for some reason it bothers me when I see the headlines on ESPN "Catholic Schools may vote to..." Yes, the schools are Catholic, but this whole deal has nothing to do with religion, it is about conference realignment.
Yes, but all the schools involved are Catholic. It is part of their identity. And even from an athletic point of view, there is a tradition of Catholic universities, particularly urban ones, with good basketball teams. I do not have a problem with that being mentioned. Whether the eventual conference that is formed is made up of all Catholic schools or not does not seem to me to be all that important. Most of the schools in it are going to be Catholic, and that is going to be part of its identity. I do not think it has hurt the West Coast Conference all that much, and it did not keep BYU from fitting in, aside from the fact that they cannot schedule games on Sundays.