College Merger Raises Questions at UHSP

Washington University has a solid D2 club team, but Washington University is a DIII institution in NCAA and it's hard to see them deciding to OK scholarships for rugby. However, that sort of thing can happen (RPI, for example, is DIII in every sport except hockey, where they are DI). 

Lang met with the players after the announcement and then met with the parents. GRR asked him about that and he said it's important to keep the entire UHSP Rugby family in the loop. His plan, he said, is to find a home for the rugby program, and also help players find the right place for them.

We will see more of this. Colleges will close their doors, merge, or be absorbed into a larger entity. Sometimes a rugby team can find a new college (Notre Dame College to Walsh); sometimes the merger doesn't seem to have an effect on the sports teams (it's business as usual, for now at least, for Queens Rugby after the schools merger with Elon). 

But the Washington University-UHSP situation is a little different, and potentially more complex.