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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bullis will get kicked out of the IAC for football very soon. Its for obvious reasons. [/quote]

I don't think so.

When Prep was expelled, Bullis led the charge along with SSSA. The Bullis headmaster really didn't like the school's teams being non-competitive with Prep.

Landon was absolutely against GP being thrown out but got outvoted. Landon's athletic program was pretty much geared up to play Prep. In fact, when Prep was not in the league, Landon pressed Prep to continue the series and STA played Prep as well.

Now, of course, the Bullis is the problem. But Prep and Landon aren't going to complain. It's not in their DNA.

Prep plays 1000 student Gonzaga every year, so they aren't going to be afraid to play Bullis. The Prep answer will be to just get more and better football players. I think Landon will follow suit. Athletic success is a big deal there and even though they may be trying to soften their "jock school" image, there's still a lot of interest there in winning.

The IAC has got some structural problems. The Virginia schools are geographically remote from the Maryland ones and the travel, especially on week days, is a real issue. With Prep at 500 boys and Bullis with an apparent desire to upgrade athletics significantly, there may be a wider chasm open up between the schools at the top of the table for individual sports and those at the bottom.

Five schools is probably the minimum you need to have a conference that makes any sense. If they were to lose a school (STA to the MAC or GP to the WCAC), then they would have to do something different.[/quote]

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