Patrick made it sound like it was St. Olaf, Carleton, Macalester, Hamline, St. Kate's, St. Mary's, most likely Augsburg and maybe St. Ben's that would want them out. He didn't mentioned St. John's, Bethel, Gustavus or Concordia. In order to get to 9 schools, they would need at least one of those schools as well. Carleton and Macalester, which have by far the biggest endowments in the conference, are more interested in moving up the academic rankings for colleges in the US. I think some schools in the conference probably feel that UST awards scholarships more like division 2 schools for their athletes. It isn't in the spirit of division 3 athletics. Who's right? I don't know. What happens if they vote to keep UST in the conference and Carleton, Macalester, Hamline and St. Olaf leave for the Midwest Conference? Kind of a tough situation.