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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Prep doesn’t actually hold the cards here though.  The move to push boarding, heavy recruiting, in conjunction with already being the biggest school in the league might be forcing the issue for EHS and SSSAS.  Do they really want to be in this league that isn’t serving them?  2 combined IAC titles in the last 6 years?

I bet they’d prefer to make a merger happen in order to keep the IAC name, but if Prep and Landon balk at it, then I could see EHS, SSSAS, Potomac, and maybe Flint Hill focusing on VISAA.  Joining the VA Prep league and making North and South Divisions could make a lot of sense.

Where would that leave the 4 other teams (Prep, STA, Landon, and Bullis)?[/quote]

A Virginia private school conference makes a lot of sense from a couple of different perspectives. Reducing interstate travel for games played during the week is just one.

BUT SSSA and EHS would have to sever ties with the MD/DC schools and associate themselves with a new group. And they might resist that.

O’Connell and Ireton would have to leave the Catholic league.

So not only would there be resistance, there’s no compelling reason to make this huge change. And no organization or people to facilitate or lead it.

If you were starting with a clean sheet of paper, it might make sense. But that’s not the case.

Athletic conference membership is probably #10 at best in the list of things these schools have to worry about. Even if a couple of schools saw it as a priority, the only thing they can affect is their own school.

If the IAC has no interest in adding Potomac, which would seem to be easy. Then what chance does a revolutionary change have. [/quote]

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