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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 4731830, member: 127"] Starting out, these new D1 programs first need the larger box office $ to continue to compete. Playing away games against big D1 programs pays them the money to build and help sustain their new, smaller program. They need to form relationships with these bigger programs to build their recognition,develop friends and professional connections with larger programs. Players at these small D1 programs doing this will recruit better players who dream competing against well known established programs who all passed them over. It’s a win-win for them - regardless of the individual game’s immediate outcome. It’s a long process they will be going through and they are starting out initially well for their long term. [/QUOTE]