Talk:Sun Belt Conference

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When is someone going to update Arkansas State's page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CentralTiger74 (talk • contribs) 04:37, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

When's someone going to update Troy's logo? Troy uses a radically different logo now that it's dropped "State" from its name. — Dale Arnett 23:58, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

New Troy logo is in place. - User:Masonpatriot

Contents 1 Members table 1.1 School type/religious affiliation 2 Logos 3 Map is incorrect 4 Interconference Rivalries

[edit] Members table

[edit] School type/religious affiliation

The religious affiliation or designation as "non-sectarian" is not so clear cut. For example, Duke University describes its ties with Methodism as "formal, on-going, and symbolic" [1] while Wake Forest University maintains "a dedication to the values rooted in its Baptist heritage" [2]. Both schools can be considered "non-sectarian" in that they are no longer under the direct auspices of their founding religious organizations. Likewise, Boston College maintains its Jesuit identity in spite of the fact that it severed its formal ties with the Jesuit Order (and thereby the Catholic Church) in the 1960s when it was independently incorporated under a lay board of trustees. Unlike the Catholic University of America, which is under the direct auspices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, or the University of Notre Dame, which is governed by "fellows" who must be priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross, The Trustees of Boston College (BC's governing body) operate independent of any religious jurisdiction. This arrangement is probably similar to that at Duke or Wake Forest, except that the BC trustees have voluntarily chosen to elect members of the founding religious organization to the presidency (though they are not required to do so). In fact, similar arrangements exist at other Jesuit colleges and universities, where both women and non-clerics have been elected to presidency (most recently at Georgetown University). All of this is to say that I think the nature of a school's religious affiliation is beyond the scope of this article, and that "public" or "private" suffice in the context of the members table. --24.63.125.78 10:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

24.63.125.78 has coppied and pasted this on almost every college conference discussion board. Please refer to Talk:Atlantic Coast Conference so we can keep all the discussion in one place. Thanks. -- Masonpatriot

[edit] Logos

There is a discussion to clarify our policy/guideline on the use of sports team logos. Please see Wikipedia_talk:Logos#Clarification_on_use_of_sports_team_logos if you wish to participate in the discussion. Johntex\^talk 16:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map is incorrect

The map showing the states where member schools are located is incorrect. It shows Mississippi highlighted instead of Alabama. Can anyone fix it? Thanks. Evill72 20:54, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interconference Rivalries

I am not aware of UCF (Central Florida) or USF (South Florida) considering themselves to have a rivalry with FAU (Florida Atlantic) or Florida International (FIU). UCF did play FAU in non-football sports while both were in the Atlantic Sun Conference, but there was never an official rivalry to my knowledge, or any that research indicates. The Atlantic Sun featured numerous Florida teams, so there could have been intrastate rivalries between many. UCF, in fact, considered Stetson their rival. UCF also has played FAU in football just once. Likewise, South Florida has not even been the same conference as FAU or FIU for a very long time, and while USF has played both in football, there is no apparent rivalry. In fact, USF denies having a rivalry with UCF, much less with FAU or FIU. Unless someone can present evidence to the contrary, I am going to remove this rivalry from the page. 98.192.143.244 (talk) 21:59, 11 December 2007 (UTC)