A Division III athletic conference booted one of its founding members Wednesday, apparently because the school had become too dominant across multiple sports.
The University of St. Thomas, a private school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, will have to find a new home for its sports teams beginning in 2021 after it was "involuntarily removed" from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, according to a statement from the league.
The conference's presidents' council cited the official reason for the move as "athletic competitive parity."
"St. Thomas expended tremendous effort to remain in the MIAC and stabilize the conference," the school's president, Julie Sullivan, wrote in a letter to the campus community.