The month of July is a major bookmark in the world of college athletics. It marks the beginning of a new fiscal year, the recruiting evaluation period for several basketball programs, and media days for numerous college football conferences.
With the multitude of events surrounding college athletics in full swing, it seems appropriate to revisit our Conference Realignment Series. The series is a collaboration between the Mountain West Connection and myself in which we examine the topic of NCAA Division-I conference realignment.
Inspired by prior research on the topic, the first part of the series identified and defined factors which incentivize NCAA Divison-I institutions to engage in conference realignment.