shizzle787
King Shizzle DCCLXXXVII of the Cesspool
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The NCAA started with one division, then split in two and now we have three divisions. I understand that there is increased costs that come with adding a fourth division, but it's time.
1. There are too many programs in Division 1. It has gotten bloated which is part of the reason the tournament expanded from 64 to 68.
2. The disparity in budgets at the Division 1 level is massive. I love the big tent nature of the top level, but there are too many dead weights that are milking NCAA credits they don't contribute to. Small schools in the top level are good in moderation.
3. There are likely a decent number of Division 3 schools that won't move up a level as they don't want to pay for a lot of scholarships, but are more than capable of competing at the Division 2 level.
I propose a 4-division model:
Division 1: full scholarships for all sports
Division 2: full scholarships for basketball and football and partial scholarships for other sports
Division 3: partial scholarships for some sports
Division 4: no scholarships
Conferences that would be guaranteed to be in Division 1:
B1G
SEC
ACC
Big 12
Pac-12
Big East
MW
AAC
Ivy
Sun Belt
MAC
C-USA
A-10
WCC
MVC
Conferences that could possibly be included to fill in the map:
CAA
Big Sky
Summit
America East
Patriot
Big West
SWAC
Conferences that don't make the cut (new Division 2):
SoCon
Horizon
OVC
MEAC
WAC
Big South
A-SUN
NEC
MAAC
Southland
Obviously, some of the schools in the ten leagues that don't make the cut would be picked up but the rest would drop into Division 2.
Division 2 would consist of these ten leagues plus the current top half of Division 2.
Division 3 would consist of the bottom half of the current Division 2 and the top third of the current Division 3.
Division 4 would consist of the rest of the current Division 3.
FBS would include:
P5+ Notre Dame
MW
AAC
Army
UConn
Liberty
UTEP
NMSU
App State
Marshall
S. Miss
C. Carolina
FCS would include:
Sun Belt
C-USA
MAC
UMass
MVFC
Big Sky
CAA
Patriot
Ivy
SWAC
1. There are too many programs in Division 1. It has gotten bloated which is part of the reason the tournament expanded from 64 to 68.
2. The disparity in budgets at the Division 1 level is massive. I love the big tent nature of the top level, but there are too many dead weights that are milking NCAA credits they don't contribute to. Small schools in the top level are good in moderation.
3. There are likely a decent number of Division 3 schools that won't move up a level as they don't want to pay for a lot of scholarships, but are more than capable of competing at the Division 2 level.
I propose a 4-division model:
Division 1: full scholarships for all sports
Division 2: full scholarships for basketball and football and partial scholarships for other sports
Division 3: partial scholarships for some sports
Division 4: no scholarships
Conferences that would be guaranteed to be in Division 1:
B1G
SEC
ACC
Big 12
Pac-12
Big East
MW
AAC
Ivy
Sun Belt
MAC
C-USA
A-10
WCC
MVC
Conferences that could possibly be included to fill in the map:
CAA
Big Sky
Summit
America East
Patriot
Big West
SWAC
Conferences that don't make the cut (new Division 2):
SoCon
Horizon
OVC
MEAC
WAC
Big South
A-SUN
NEC
MAAC
Southland
Obviously, some of the schools in the ten leagues that don't make the cut would be picked up but the rest would drop into Division 2.
Division 2 would consist of these ten leagues plus the current top half of Division 2.
Division 3 would consist of the bottom half of the current Division 2 and the top third of the current Division 3.
Division 4 would consist of the rest of the current Division 3.
FBS would include:
P5+ Notre Dame
MW
AAC
Army
UConn
Liberty
UTEP
NMSU
App State
Marshall
S. Miss
C. Carolina
FCS would include:
Sun Belt
C-USA
MAC
UMass
MVFC
Big Sky
CAA
Patriot
Ivy
SWAC