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The record is the issue. Fans and networks only support winners. These super powers are used to no more than 3 losses in a season, max. When they start having 5-6 losses in a season, then they become the new "second tier" or lessor programs of the power schools. None of those fan basses want or will support second tier.

I agree. If attendance was an issue affecting conference revenue from the event, or from ESPN's concern, then it would have been moved. If I was going to move it to a more central and tourist spot, probably New Orleans.

Gonzaga will not always be Gonzaga-like in basketball. They will have down years, like all programs. The Top 40 football programs vary year to year. Several will not be in the SEC or Big10. Conference affiliation is not a lock for athletic superiority. It lets you gain more revenue and play better teams but doesn't guarantee you will be Top 40 in football. Have Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Illinois, Indiana, etc been Top 40 worthy in football in recent memory? No. The thing that many are missing is that the SEC and Big10 cannot just go into a bubble and play themselves, nor stay elite by themselves. Are Oregon and USC still considered elite if they go 7-5 or 6-6 in the Big10? How about OU 7-5 in the SEC? Fans and donors will scream for an A$M type coaching buy-out if any of those programs fall below 9-3. They need other FBS programs to get their 7 home football games and try to keep their fans happy with enough wins. A$M's non-conference home football games this year include McNeese St, Bowling Green, and NMSU.

It helps the decision to have the Conference headquarters in DFW, plus an International airport with nonstops to most conference locations. I approve!

Nope. I understand your intent, but I don’t want my school to ever be a lapdog “farm team” to any TCU or Baylor type program.

3 The players don’t seem to care about the school they play for anymore. Why should I care about them? The paycheck is their priority, then they go somewhere else. The HC and AD both expressed public concern recently about where our level is headed. I agree. It’s not good for the fans. If it’s not good for the fans then it’s not good for the program thus not good for the school.

Enjoy your 2 months as a P4 before you come back.

You got a nice trip to the Fenway Park Loser Bowl, lol. Otherwise known as the Not-ready-for-Prime-Time Bowl.

I read an article from 2020 that said prior to then “NCAA rules required Division l schools to sponsor a minimum of 16 varsity sports….But because of Covid, five FBS conferences including AAC and CUSA asked the NCAA to relax Division l requirements.” Not sure of the current requirements, but there is your answer of what we were required to sponsor and why. If given the option we should maximize revenue sports (sports that can have attendance like baseball) and drop non-attendance non-revenue sports like cross country, track, golf as much as possible.

It just takes one or two hijackers to ruin the board for everyone.

Bilas sounds like another P5 suck-up. Athletes will have to accept restrictions on compensation if they want roster spots on some programs. Deal with it or join the military!

This^ It's all about the patch. $mut used to have a SWC patch before they got kicked out of the group. They saw another chance to "buy-a-patch" with the ACC, so they will spend $40 million for it. To them the value of the patch is what it is all about....image, and nothing else. $40 million won't make them P5-quality, even if the patch says they are.

College football has always been a food chain. The problem now is the instant movement allowed every year for players with no sit-out for transfers. Maybe if the Texas Tech's, and other mid-P4's of FBS, start feeling the pain of having star players stolen then more restrictions will happen.

Both eliminated.

Was the change mainly due to less seats in the section with the change to individual seatbacks?

This is just another attempt to segregate out G5 programs away from FBS and P4's. Same as before the Division l split into 1-A and 1-AA. Give them their own rankings and they will be fine....

"According to NCAA rules, college basketball teams can have up to 15 players on their roster, but not all teams carry the maximum number of players. For example, D-I programs are limited to 15 roster spots and 13 scholarships. They will often bring in 17 to 20 players at the beginning of offseason training to compete for those 15 spots. The 13 scholarship players are guaranteed a spot, and it's up to the 3-6 walk ons to compete for the final 2."

In Dl basketball the men's limit is 13 scholarships and 15 total players on a team. Women can offer 15 scholarships.

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https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40140633/charlie-baker-hopes-ncaa-settlement-creates-stability-schools The plaintiffs sought damages in the billions. The potential settlement would involve the NCAA paying more than $2.7 billion and agreeing to a new revenue-sharing model that could shift as much as $20 million annually to athletes. The costs associated with the settlement, along with the possibility of uncapping scholarships, could result in schools that max out those options seeing a budget hit of more than $35 million annually, according to multiple athletic directors who spoke to ESPN. Still, Baker said there was broad support for the move, which would provide some much-needed clarity and a framework for a sustainable business model for college sports. "You can invest in your athletes, you can invest in your programs, you can invest in your future, and have some idea about what the ground is going to be like underneath you," he said. "I think it creates a lot of stability and clarity for schools, and it makes it possible for all of us to start thinking about what the next act really will look like instead of feeling like you're just waiting for the next shoe to drop." Several coaches and athletic directors who heard the pitch were enthusiastic about the idea of bringing athlete compensation in-house, rather than allocating it to NIL collectives that have only a tangential relationship with a school's athletics department. In most cases, according to several coaches, a revenue-sharing model that sends $5-10 million per year to football players would likely be in the same ballpark as what most schools are already spending via NIL on roster building.

I agree with all this. How do we turn games into an "event"? Making the athletic program relevant to our own students, fans and area towns has to become more important. Winning helps, of course.

I don't think Congress has the expertise or time to deal with organizing a sports entity. It will take an FBS membership conference to organize themselves, but will require court-approved binding contracts for athletes with work rules to abide by.

Same, plus soph QB Ken Smith, who replaced Washington when he got injured in 28-0 win over Houston in 1975 at Texas Stadium.

I do like the spinning tires reference for football. Everyone is currently stuck in mud until someone finds a way out for all. When you talk about dumping more funding into basketball, what funding is this and how would you improve basketball. Are you talking more private-funded NIL into basketball or Athletic Department funds? You realize currently school funds can't be used for NIL purposes.

Tournament host Wichita St. run-ruled #1 seed FAU yesterday 12-2. Today they got run-ruled themselves by Charlotte 10-1. Charlotte advances.