NCAA: The beginning of the end?

[pap49cba]

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[HoopsFan21]

Seems like the NCAA is going to finally cave, and the divide between the haves and have nots will accelerate now that the Power 5 conferences can practically do whatever they want.

 

[UConnCat]

Based on the proposal, the non-P5 schools could adopt the P5 rules though it's not yet decided whether that can be done by individual institutions or only by conference.

 

[ctfjr]

If anyone still thinks that $$$ doesn't talk, then I have a bridge for sale for you

 

[reno tony]

Well, being able to pay players will give them a recruiting advantage over the non-paying conferences. This should liven things up.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Well, being able to pay players will give them a recruiting advantage over the non-paying conferences. This should liven things up.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Now, do we really need any other reason to want out of this conference other than the fact that UConn will be stuck in the second tier?

 

[rt bb fan]

The schools have to come up with the money to pay athletics or Ncaa?

 

[HoopsFan21]

The schools have to come up with the money to pay athletics or Ncaa?

The schools. You know the whole idea of "full cost of attendance scholarships" is going to turn into an arms race between the schools with massive football revenue. The less prominent programs in the Power 5 conferences will just go along for the ride. My guess is the full cost of attendance for a football player attending 'Bama is about to go way, way up especially if you're a highly regarded recruit.

 

[UcMiami]

This is going the way i thought feared it would and the cost of an athletic department is going to go through the roof. And with that, the number of men's teams in the Super Div 1 schools will shrink to Football and Basketball, balanced by an equal number of women's scholarships. And I will not be surprised to see some schools opt out of the Super Conferences as the expenses rise. Only about 20 % are making money or breaking even now.

 

[psconn]

Dark times indeed.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

Dark times indeed.

Here's a flashlight...

 

[HoopsFan21]

This is going the way i thought feared it would and the cost of an athletic department is going to go through the roof. And with that, the number of men's teams in the Super Div 1 schools will shrink to Football and Basketball, balanced by an equal number of women's scholarships. And I will not be surprised to see some schools opt out of the Super Conferences as the expenses rise. Only about 20 % are making money or breaking even now.

If you're in a Power 5 conference and you're one of the little programs that make little or no money, I would say this is a good thing for them. A team like Vanderbilt could never be competitive with Alabama or Auburn anyway. What loosened NCAA restrictions do is make it easier for the Power 5 to make money, and small programs like a Vanderbilt get a slice of an even bigger shared revenue pie generated by increased media rights and bowl revenues.

 

[psconn]

Here's a flashlight...

...and of course because things have been great to this point, they always will be.

“Nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all the problems, and we should consider, not what is wont to happen, but what can happen".
Seneca

 

[Geno-ista]

Not sure if this is the road that prevents public universities from having to "unionize" in the end. It is hard to imagine, all these changes actually enhancing what we all already love. But we shall see. It sure seams that there will be even more of a concentration of power. In BBall, we may end up with less "cinderella's" over time, which will be a shame. I am guessing, but I am nervous about where the road ahead is really taking us.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

...and of course because things have been great to this point, they always will be.

“Nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all the problems, and we should consider, not what is wont to happen, but what can happen".
Seneca

My point was to give some light, not heat, to a serious topic, not give you a chance to be nasty. Good bye.