Multiple sources affiliated with the SWAC institutions being targeted by the Southland have informed HBCU Sports that a move to switch conferences is unlikely. The report further added that the league’s primary focus is to target current D1 institutions, but it isn’t “in a hurry to get a replacement plan in place … but at the same time it’s something that will be done, and needs to be done, sooner rather than later.”Īlso read: Kentucky State, Virginia State considering move up to Division I to join MEAC It’s probably what they needed to do in the first place.” With Southern A&M as the other potential addition from Louisiana, the Southland could “all of a sudden become a giant Louisiana league, which is fine. And as other sources have put it, the SWAC and Southland footprints are “on top of each other, forget just overlapping.”įinally, four other members of the University of Louisiana System, of which Grambling State is a member, are current Southland members: McNeese State, Southeastern Louisiana, Northwestern State, and New Orleans. This is not the first time the SLC has targeted PV and TSU as possible league members, but according to the report, there are some unique circumstances at Grambling and Southern that give Southland officials reason to be optimistic in pursuing both Louisiana institutions.Įspecially now, as Grambling State is in the midst of its search to replace AD David Ponton, “it’s just an easier transition” for the next AD to also help the Tigers step into the Southland.
Prairie View and Texas Southern, located in Texas Grambling and Southern, located in Louisana align perfectly with the Southland Conference’s geographic footprint.
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