GRR: MARC
The Mid-Atlantic men's DIAA league features a couple of new teams as James Madison and Salisbury join.
Those two teams left the Chesapeake after realignment in the Chesapeake saw more varsity and almost-varsity teams join.
The Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference (MARC) Board of Directors have approved the addition of 11 new men’s collegiate D2 and Small College members, bringing into the fold teams from the former Potomac Rugby Conference.
The American College Rugby Association, ACRA, which numbers four women's D2 conferences in the Northeast, has announced that it will not hold a fall 15s championship.
Reports are that the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference (MARC) Women's D2 league is joining the American College Rugby Association, ACRA, to manage its league and playoff competition.
Even as college rugby conferences are shifting their associations, teams within those conferences are also moving around.
And one major issue is now rearing its head—varsity status.