This is actually an increase from the current team limit of 28, and there you have to be in an affiliated conference to get the automatic berth....yes, there will be some non ranked teams that will advance to nationals, but the NAIA is going back to the conference based qualifying (similar to before), but for XC they have added to the total # of teams. Definatly not perfect, but I do believe better
NAIA old timer wrote:
This is actually an increase from the current team limit of 28, and there you have to be in an affiliated conference to get the automatic berth....yes, there will be some non ranked teams that will advance to nationals, but the NAIA is going back to the conference based qualifying (similar to before), but for XC they have added to the total # of teams. Definatly not perfect, but I do believe better
An increase in teams yes, but a decrease in quality!!!!!!!!!!
I did my research and read that same document. What I don't understand exactly is how they came up with those numbers. I count 25 conferences in the NAIA. How is it determined which conferences get an auto bid and which do not? I am new to the NAIA, so I will admit a bit of ignorance on the subject. Is there a minimum number of teams required for a conference to receive an auto bid? I guess I'm just trying to figure out the discrepancy in the numbers.
I am sure it will come out in the next few weeks, but like each affiliated conference will have to have a minimum number of teams in order to qualify.
A good measuring stick on the effectiveness of this new system will be to apply the new qualifying procedures to this years meet and compare and contrast what the differences might be - then (contrary to most of the discussion on this board) we can have an informed discussion on this matter.
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