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RE: SOUTHERN CONFERENCE EXPANSION
VMI, ETSU, Mercer to join SoCon

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Southern Conference officials believe they have secured the league's future -- and reversed a troubling trend -- by adding East Tennessee, Mercer and VMI as new members.

The conference announced Thursday that East Tennessee and Mercer accepted invitations, while VMI's addition must be ratified Friday by the school's Board of Visitors, something considered a formality. The SoCon had been one of the most plundered leagues recently with five of its 12 members choosing to leave since November.

East Tennessee was part of the Southern Conference from 1978 until 2005, when it left for the Atlantic Sun Conference. VMI competed in the Southern Conference for 79 years until 2003. Mercer had been one of the A-Sun's founding members in 1978.

All three are expected to join in July 2014, giving the league 10 members for the 2014-15 academic year.


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05-30-2013 06:44 PM
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SOUTHERN CONFERENCE EXPANSION - EPJr - 05-07-2013, 12:39 PM
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