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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Potomac's new headmaster is pro sports. Its only a matter of time before Potomac leaves the MAC for the IAC. Flint Hill could compete in the IAC right now for football. They have more students than Potomac and I believe more boys.

The MAC is just a terrible athletic conference all around. Why wouldn't Potomac or Flint Hill want to join the IAC. It would help them elevate their athletic programs all around if they were to make the jump.

Winning the MAC means nothing when you are competing against Maret, St. James and Sidwell in football.
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Of course they would leave the MAC for the IAC.  But the IAC could have expanded 8 or more teams years ago.  They didn't, so you have to ask yourself why they would do so now.

FH is a marginal academic school.  Potomac is a great academic school and could compete in several sports.  Neither would be a threat to win IAC football, but both could be competitive.

It's not going to happen, though.  The IAC is not interested in either school.[/quote]

I have heard that the IAC is interested in Potomac and Sidwell, never Flint Hill.  (Doesn't mean that hasn't changed or hasn't been discussed, but I've never heard it.)  Out of comity, I don't think they would blow up the MAC by asking just 1-2 teams to join.  Some people have suggested that they take the approach of the ISL (biggest independent school girls' league), by having upper and lower divisions, so it is a set-up like English Premier league soccer with "relegation" on a sport-by-sport basis (bottom team in top division swaps places with top team in lower division each year).  I have heard that more as a "thinking outside the box" idea rather than a concrete proposal, however.[/quote]

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