Conference realignment hit hard this summer, and it got our wheels spinning. What if we could build conferences with gymnastics in mind, rather than the decisions being driven by football media deals? We sat down and sketched out our dream conferences.
Have your own ideas? Let us know in the comments or on social media!
Alyssa: Northeast Conference
When it comes to conferences, I prefer when the conference actually works in relation to geography. The Northeast conference would consist of New Hampshire, LIU, Rutgers, Temple, Towson, George Washington, Maryland, Penn State, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh. All of the teams are in the same time zone and many are accessible to each other by way of bus. Maryland would be the leader of the conference, but Penn State, West Virginia, and Towson would not be far behind. The conference championship it would be a multi-round tournament. On day one there would be two snake-seeded quad meets with the teams ranked third through 10th. One session would have the third, sixth, seventh, and 10th seed and the other would have the fourth, fifth, eight, and ninth seed. The winner of each session would compete the next day against the first and second seed for the conference title.
Peri: Great Lakes Conference
I’m with Alyssa on that…
