NCAA Weighing Membership Expansion to Canadian Schools
By Steve Wieberg, USA Today, October 25, 2006

The NCAA, which already has given its blessing to a football bowl in Toronto, is weighing another step across the border — membership for Canadian schools. A committee of university presidents is expected to recommend in January whether the NCAA should expand beyond the U.S. for the first time and accept Canadian schools on a limited basis. Two have expressed interest: the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario.

Belmont University President Robert Fisher, who heads the NCAA panel, is open to the move, saying it could cut travel costs and missed class time for nearby U.S. schools. He insists Canadian exceptions would be modest.

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