University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Football To Join Colonial Athletic Association
03/04/2005 | Football
March 4, 2005
University of Richmond's board of trustees voted today to accept an invitation for its football team to join the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Football Conference, commencing with the 2007 season.
The CAA is expected to assume operational control of the existing Atlantic 10 Football Conference, in which Richmond currently competes, following the 2006 season. The CAA is expected to officially announce the formation of its new football conference in coming weeks. The Spiders will shift conference affiliation to the Richmond-based league for football only. Richmond will remain a regular member of the Atlantic 10 Conference for other sports (except for women's golf, which competes in the CAA).
"When the university was notified recently that the Atlantic 10 Football Conference was planning to dissolve, the board of trustees asked me to work with our athletic director to study all of the available conference affiliation options open to us," said Richmond President William E. Cooper. "These options were presented to the board for review. On behalf of the University of Richmond, I am pleased to announce that the board has voted to accept the CAA's invitation to join their new football conference."
"We will be forming a relationship with what will be recognized as the premier I-AA football league in the nation," Richmond's director of athletics Jim Miller said. "We look forward to continuing our association with all of these institutions that will be affiliating with the CAA, especially our fellow state members James Madison and William & Mary."
