Interesting thought but the budget criteria needs to be dependent on whether they have football. A program with a lower level football team (FCS or lower) is still going to need to have a higher budget due to the high costs of football.
But again, Sankey isn’t talking about football here. He wants to kick 150-175 schools out of D1. Not for football. Most are already not playing D1A football. He is trying to grab extra cash and extra prestige of getting bids for his conference. Of course, “I can’t wait for .500 Ol Miss to play .500 Iowa in the NCAA tournament,” said nobody ever. Show me the money say the SEC and Big. But there are implications of doing that that destroy everything else.Or football championships without BU, UTSA, UAB, Rice, New Mexico, Nevada, Hawaii, Wyoming, Arkansas State, TexasState,Troy, UTEP, UMass,etc.
Wait...I can imagine that...
Billy, those schools you listed likely will never be able to compete for a football or basketball championship, but UConn has (for BB at least). If the greedy sombasnitches get their way, schools like UConn, whose G5-like football status is shared with your examplar schools, would be swept aside so that the chosen ones would keep the high level championships to themselves.Or football championships without BU, UTSA, UAB, Rice, New Mexico, Nevada, Hawaii, Wyoming, Arkansas State, TexasState,Troy, UTEP, UMass,etc.
Wait...I can imagine that...
Billy,Or football championships without BU, UTSA, UAB, Rice, New Mexico, Nevada, Hawaii, Wyoming, Arkansas State, TexasState,Troy, UTEP, UMass,etc.
Wait...I can imagine that...
Billy,
I believe that you have a few years on me but I vividly remember pre Bobby Bowden FSU, when the idea of FSU competing for a national title was about as outlandish a thought as projecting a future title for UTSA would be today.
Yeah. What he wants is fewer autobid conferences. Now, the number of conferences has only moved up slightly over the years but regardless is they want more spots for their teams.But again, Sankey isn’t talking about football here. He wants to kick 150-175 schools out of D1. Not for football. Most are already not playing D1A football. He is trying to grab extra cash and extra prestige of getting bids for his conference. Of course, “I can’t wait for .500 Ol Miss to play .500 Iowa in the NCAA tournament,” said nobody ever. Show me the money say the SEC and Big. But there are implications of doing that that destroy everything else.
And going beyond all that, if you decide to run your own Power Championships, let’s call them, you risk losing legitimacy and you need to create an entity to manage them. Either one entity or sport specific ones. The SEC isn’t going to care about hockey or lacrosse. The Big doesn’t care about some others that are important in the SEC. So OU can’t leave it at the conference level.
This changes nothing except providing less scholarships to kids who may need them. The top of the food chain will still have the highest concentration of the top HS Recruits and transfers divided among them. We're talking entire rosters of 5 stars, as they will be far more selective in building their rosters and willing to pay whatever necessary to compete. JMO but #32 in your tournament will be no closer to winning a title than #132.The best solution is to reduce football scholarships to 65 and cap walk ons at 10. That will spread the talent and give teams in the middle of the P4 a chance to compete for NC. Increase the playoffs to 32 teams.
Let’s hope that the P2 does not destroy college basketball. The NCAA tournament is so successful because every region and most cities have a horse in the race. Less teams in college sports equals less interest.