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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostLOL. 99% of the division doesn't operate the way you are saying these few do. They are the actual outliers in the group, not the other way around. They are like the community college program (D3) in that show Last Chance U. They beat up on the weak and relatively disorganized programs at their level because they put a disproportionate amount of emphasis relative to their peers on the sport but if you moved them up a level they would be hopelessly outmatched.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe NESCACs are Ivy wannabes and the parents who send their kids their are just face savers who have to posture away their kid's failure.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostLOL. 99% of the division doesn't operate the way you are saying these few do. They are the actual outliers in the group, not the other way around. They are like the community college program (D3) in that show Last Chance U. They beat up on the weak and relatively disorganized programs at their level because they put a disproportionate amount of emphasis relative to their peers on the sport but if you moved them up a level they would be hopelessly outmatched.
There are a number of conferences which take D3 sports seriously, UAA, NESCAC, Centennial, Liberty, etc. Even in hte other conferences, there are many teams which are competitive.
Of course, there is a broad swath of D3 which does not pretend to be competitive.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post99% is a massive exaggeration.
There are a number of conferences which take D3 sports seriously, UAA, NESCAC, Centennial, Liberty, etc. Even in hte other conferences, there are many teams which are competitive.
Of course, there is a broad swath of D3 which does not pretend to be competitive.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEven within those conferences there are schools that also do not pretend to be competitive and then there are those that are just not that good even though they try. While you can find the occasional good game between two programs that do take their sports seriously, over all, the level of competition is rather spotty with many lopsided games (like the Brandeis Women's 9-0 win over Regis). While 99% may have been a bit of a stretch it's really not all that far off. Remember that there are 400+ D3 programs. Once you get out of the top 10 in the rankings the quality of the teams seriously drops off and the number of flaws in teams increases so that swath is quite a bit wider than the NESCAC and UAA parents on this site often like to pretend.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEven within those conferences there are schools that also do not pretend to be competitive and then there are those that are just not that good even though they try. While you can find the occasional good game between two programs that do take their sports seriously, over all, the level of competition is rather spotty with many lopsided games (like the Brandeis Women's 9-0 win over Regis). While 99% may have been a bit of a stretch it's really not all that far off. Remember that there are 400+ D3 programs. Once you get out of the top 10 in the rankings the quality of the teams seriously drops off and the number of flaws in teams increases so that swath is quite a bit wider than the NESCAC and UAA parents on this site often like to pretend.
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