{"id":104063,"date":"2016-07-12T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=104063"},"modified":"2016-07-12T11:48:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T16:48:31","slug":"uj-athletics-transition-to-gpac-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=104063","title":{"rendered":"UJ athletics transition to GPAC update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-104065\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jimmieslogo.bmp\" alt=\"jimmieslogo\" width=\"200\" height=\"154\" \/>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmieathletics.com\/article\/3152.php\" target=\"_blank\">has released information <\/a>explaining the transition\u00a0timetable for\u00a0the \u00a0move from the North Star Athletic Association into the Great Plains Athletic Conference.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The\u00a0 Jimmies are expecting Great Plains approval\u00a0 having worked with the conference to address concerns over travel, schedule and costs.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Initally is was thought that\u00a0 the transition could take place after the 2016-2017 academic year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>UJ Athletic Director Sean Johnson\u00a0says \u00a0a thoughtful and deliberate approach will be taken over the coming year as the\u00a0university \u00a0prepares for a conference change in the fall of 2018.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>University President Robert Badal said officials felt it was best to take an additional year to plan for the most successful transition.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown has released information explaining the transition\u00a0timetable for\u00a0the \u00a0move from the North Star Athletic Association into the Great Plains Athletic Conference. \u00a0 The\u00a0 Jimmies are expecting Great Plains approval\u00a0 having worked with the conference to address concerns over travel, schedule and costs. \u00a0 Initally is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104063"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104077,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104063\/revisions\/104077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}