BIG WEST MAY BECKON.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer It's decision day for the Cal State Northridge athletics program. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge learns this morning if it is switching conferences when the Big West Conference presidents meet by conference call. At least one voting member of the Big West is in favor of extending an invitation to Northridge, starting in 2001. ``I would very much like to have them a part of the conference,'' said Long Beach State President Robert Maxson. ``Northridge has a fully developed and very competitive athletic program.'' Dick Dull, CSUN's athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic , is optimistic. ``We're certainly hopeful that we'll be given the opportunity to join the Big West,'' Dull said. Essentially, the presidents of the eight Big West schools - UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
 `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , Pacific, Idaho and Utah State - will discuss two
significant agenda items: The potential invitations to CSUN and UC
Riverside and the request by current members North Texas and New Mexico
State to leave the conference in 2001.
The Big West Council, which met last month, hasn't made a recommendation for adding CSUN and UC Riverside. ``It wasn't necessary to make a recommendation,'' Big West Commissioner Dennis Farrell said. ``By making a recommendation, it could have put our presidents in an awkward position.'' |
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