shizzle787
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Matt Brown (Extra Points) has mentioned that there has been some interest in this in his newsletter before but I would like expound on this.
I believe if the NCAA had its own version of the Olympics (for a 17-day event in late May every year in one city), it would be a hit. People root for schools, not athletes, in college sports. I believe the public would get behind this event as they would want to root for their school even if they don't like all of the sports.
The sports I would not include would be football, M/W basketball, baseball, softball, and skiing.
The CFP, March Madness, and the CWS/SWS are their own thing and should stay that way. Skiing is a winter sport so it would not be included.
The following sports would be included for both sexes:
Water Polo
Volleyball
Indoor track/field
Outdoor track/field
Cross country
Tennis
Swimming/diving
Soccer
Lacrosse
Hockey
Gymnastics
Golf
Cross country
The following co-ed sports would included:
Fencing
Rifle
The following male sport would be included:
Wrestling
The following female sports would be included:
Bowling
Beach volleyball
Field hockey
Rowing
For sports where the NCAA tournament has more than 16 participants, regional qualifiers would pair down the teams to a 12 or 16-team field. For instance, in soccer the men's college cup has 48 teams. There would be 16 regionals with each of the top 16 teams hosting a regional to get to the College Olympics.
If this happened, I would like to see a small opening ceremony with the delegations from each school with at least one athlete and a small closing ceremony.
There would also be a medal count just like the Olympics.
Certain seasons would need to change. In soccer, the regular season would be played over both semesters with one game per week instead of two (this is already a proposal). Hockey would delay its season one month.
I believe if the NCAA had its own version of the Olympics (for a 17-day event in late May every year in one city), it would be a hit. People root for schools, not athletes, in college sports. I believe the public would get behind this event as they would want to root for their school even if they don't like all of the sports.
The sports I would not include would be football, M/W basketball, baseball, softball, and skiing.
The CFP, March Madness, and the CWS/SWS are their own thing and should stay that way. Skiing is a winter sport so it would not be included.
The following sports would be included for both sexes:
Water Polo
Volleyball
Indoor track/field
Outdoor track/field
Cross country
Tennis
Swimming/diving
Soccer
Lacrosse
Hockey
Gymnastics
Golf
Cross country
The following co-ed sports would included:
Fencing
Rifle
The following male sport would be included:
Wrestling
The following female sports would be included:
Bowling
Beach volleyball
Field hockey
Rowing
For sports where the NCAA tournament has more than 16 participants, regional qualifiers would pair down the teams to a 12 or 16-team field. For instance, in soccer the men's college cup has 48 teams. There would be 16 regionals with each of the top 16 teams hosting a regional to get to the College Olympics.
If this happened, I would like to see a small opening ceremony with the delegations from each school with at least one athlete and a small closing ceremony.
There would also be a medal count just like the Olympics.
Certain seasons would need to change. In soccer, the regular season would be played over both semesters with one game per week instead of two (this is already a proposal). Hockey would delay its season one month.
