(04-15-2018 08:34 PM)NotANewbie Wrote:  

(04-15-2018 06:32 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  UT-Tyler Accepted To Lone Star Conference 2019/20


UT-Tyler did got an invite to join the Lone Star Conference.

Quote:Patterson added UT Tyler has been accepted into the Division II Lone Star Conference effective Sept. 1, 2019, and football is not part of the equation at this time. Lone Star Conference schools are located in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

Time to re-read the story. The NCAA accepted for review their proposal to join Div II. If the review is favorable, and they are accepted into DII, then the Lone Star Conference will take them in. It is not a done deal yet.

Well, yes and no. From the D2 Application Instructions:

Quote:Conference Membership.
An institution must demonstrate at the time of application that it has received a bona fide invitation for membership from an active Division II conference before applying for Division II membership.

While the Lone Star has not officially invited UT Tyler to join they are sponsoring UT Tyler's application. I know of only one instance where I believe one conference sponsored the new member's application but the school accepted another conference's official invitation during its Year 1 process. Like you said, mostly the public formal invitation comes with the NCAA's approval of the new member application.