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Post by oldfox on Apr 24, 2014 22:03:02 GMT -5
www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/di-board-directors-endorses-restructuring-process-seeks-feedbackDivision 1, Division 1A and Division 2.5.....? NoProbably an over-statement, but the proposal will all allow the 5 high major (richest, really) conference to set their own policies regarding how they can best meet the needs of their student athletes. The "second" tier of 5 "nearly rich?" major conferences also get some unspecified degree of autonomy in governance. Governance remains the same for the remaining 22 conferences. Lot's to think about here. Probably detrimental to teams looking to move up. Just like an employer with the best working conditions in town, it's gonna be harder for someone to turn down your offer, even if everything else in the college experience is equal The hardship waiver as we know it and as Iona perfected it, is going to be revamped. Pretty sure everyone is going to have to sit a year under the restructured rule.
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Post by nomar33 on Apr 25, 2014 5:55:33 GMT -5
It wont effect Football much but I think it will destroy NCAA basketball
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Post by fox94 on Apr 25, 2014 8:26:21 GMT -5
When does the government remove the tax exempt status and recognize the BCS for what it is?
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Post by oldfox on Apr 25, 2014 9:20:17 GMT -5
When does the government remove the tax exempt status and recognize the BCS for what it is? Great question. The colleges would spin the athletic departments off as separate entities incorporate them off shore, and come tax time every single one of them would some how be eligible for a tax refund.  Guarantee that somehow you, me and everyone else on this board's tax dollars would end up subsidizing the cost of a ticket to the Michigan-Ohio State Football Game. |
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Post by oldfox on Apr 25, 2014 9:49:24 GMT -5
It wont effect Football much but I think it will destroy NCAA basketball I think the impending rule change impacting the MAAC is the elimination of of the hardship waiver. That was a tool available to MAAC schools and Iona had it down to a science by finding a way as a mid-major to "reload" rather than "rebuild". The results speak for themselves. This should level the playing field a bit for the MAAC schools (like you know who) that wouldn't go there or shy away from transfers. Now if you need immediate help you pretty much have to do it the old fashioned way by scoring an really good freshman or two, or going the JUCO route. Don't see how this proposed restructuring really does terrible damage to MAAC basketball programs. It's a rarity that MAAC schools out bid BCS programs for kids. Even the more regularly successful MAAC schools are competing for kids with leagues that are below those being granted more autonomy. I think if you are a program that did snag a BCS kid every now and then and that got you a win or two in the NCAA tournament on a regular basis, this is going to hurt. The question for a program like Siena who appears to have a need to move up, is will this do anything to diminish the revenue stream they are hoping to tap into by branding the school using sports. In other words will the revenue accumulate even more as a result of the top third of D1 being granted greater "autonomy." I think this move forestall real Armageddon where those schools leave the NCAA. I know people say that the NCAA tournament is nothing without Cinderella, but I think the money people would get over this fast, and the fans can only have what they are given. I don't see how it has much effect at all in WBB since the talent pool is so thin to begin with. All those kids are already at those schools. |
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Post by fox94 on Apr 25, 2014 17:12:09 GMT -5
The playing field is pretty level in the MAAC, we choose to make it not so.
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Post by oldfox on Apr 28, 2014 19:24:59 GMT -5
Posted by SienaTony on SienaHoops. www.providencejournal.com/sports/college/content/20140426-kevin-mcnamara-big-five-conferences-consolidate-power-in-new-rules.eceA more in-depth look at the implications of the restructuring for all of Division I. Most of the discussion on various boards carry on as if it is a given that conferences outside of the Big 5 will be free to follow suit. According to this article that will be up to the Big 5, as they will have total control over the rule making. That they will be permissive in their rule making is just an assumption. IMO that is the big issue. Will the top 65 schools be the only ones permitted to pay stipends, by tickets for parents, feed athletes 24 hours a day (why does this conjure up an image of a seal show at Sea World), etc. So the MAAC Presidents get together and say we want to continue playing for the national championship in Basketball so lets pay the Men and the Women's teams. If you have another sport(s) you want to invest feel free, or maybe they have to take that sport elsewhere like Loyola did in Men's Lax. |
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