My Dad, a long time School City educator and Caveman fan of all sports said back in the 90's, "the best thing the NIC should do is disband and re-form without Penn in it." At that time as you can remember, Penn was on that streak of not losing in football to the NIC schools. He was getting tired of hearing all about Penn Penn Penn. LOL Well, my theory to him was "get better or get used to it," even though I somewhat secretly agreed. Mishawaka's move to the NLC was good based on future revenues (post-Covid of course). I think as an earlier poster mentioned, how much does anybody know about the SB schools and their future? When the NIC grew to its newest configuration, all of the schools were smaller than MHS. Most NLC schools travel well. Some NIC schools travel well. Not enough though. Football revenue has to be better with larger schools coming to Steele Stadium. I would think the home basketball gates of NLC schools coming to MHS for a game are better as well. Please do not view this as a negative post about the smaller schools in the NIC and their fan base. Some of those schools have rabid (in a good way) fan bases. Athletically, Jimtown wrestling can match up with MHS and Penn. Marian matches up in FB and BB among other sports. St Joe Soccer? SB Adams BB/SB Riley BB? My thinking is due to more revenue being generated by a larger visiting fan base. It would be interesting to find an old article when the move was being considered and then finalized what the reasoning School City of Mish had for the move. I just don't remember what the discussion was at the time. It would also be interesting to see the breakdown of ticket/concessions revenue after the move compared to previous NIC scheduling. Of course it could not be done this year due to Covid restrictions for seating capacity. 😞 Am I crazy thinking this was about revenue as much as about competition?