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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  I am surprised by how few people really understand the move SJC is making.  This is an agressive move to shift the athletic program at SJC and will have some level of impact on the school as a whole.

It's going to interesting to watch. They will likely have move toward boarding student athletes in this push to create a national program.  I've known about the football for the past few months (good friends with a football mom who has been filling me in).  I'm very curious if they're starting with just football and will move to other sports or if they will be pursuing this two-tier athletic program across other sports.

Read the subject line.  This is akin to putting a mini IMG into the existing SJC structure.  There will be two varisty football programs - the one that is all recruited top athletes playing the big national programs - IMG, Don Bosco, etc.  And the existing program playing in the WCAC.  Will this come to basketball?  To soccer?  Baseball?  Lacrosse?  Which girls programs?  [/quote]

Other schools already have multiple varsity teams (hockey in WCAC already comes to mind). Good on SJC for adding football, but expect others to join them in short order. The model already exists. [/quote]

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