NCAA in Canada
Recently I mentioned that there are more athletic scholarships offered by Canadian universities than one might think. There may be even more progress on this front, as reported by Carleton University’s newspaper.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is exploring a pilot program which would allow cross-border schools to apply for Division II membership.
Delise O’Meally, director of NCAA membership services, said the parameters of the project still need to be finalized, but said “there is a possibility that Canadian schools can begin the provisional membership process as early as September.”
According to O’Meally six Canadian institutions have expressed interest in the possibility of entering the NCAA.
They include: Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, Lakehead University, Ryerson University, and St. Clair College in Windsor, Ont.
The BC universities appear among the most likely candidates to leave the CIS in favour of the NCAA for financial reasons: changing to the US conference would help minimize travel costs for them. Similarly, several Canadian schools who already have much of their competition within reasonable travel distance may choose to remain in the CIS to avoid the burden and expense of increased travel.
If you were waiting for one more reason to explore university in BC (because falling enrollments, recruitment of out-of-province students, removal of provincial examinations as an admissions criteria weren’t enough) then I think this might be the sign. 
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