06-20-2014, 08:53 AM
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/..._avoi.html
And there are certain issues among the laundry list of items raised by the Power 5 and the Pac-12 presidents that do cause concern to the mid-majors. UAB football coach Bill Clark said any change to the 85-scholarship limit in football would negatively affect the balance in the sport and he does have reservations about further inequity between the richer programs and those on the lower end of the scale.
"It's going to come down to dollars and cents," he said. "I think every one of those schools have so much TV revenue, it's going to really make a huge difference between us and them. And I don't know that we're competing against all the top-tier programs in every league, but those (Power 5) teams that fall in the lower tier, we sure are."
That's a major concern of mine. Can't just give 'em a blank check and let them have whatever they want. And for those don't think the P5 is thinking about increasing the schollly limit for themselves consider the rhetoric that's been going around about injuries (as it relates to depth). Also, consider that there are still many D1 programs that do not give schollys to kickers...
And there are certain issues among the laundry list of items raised by the Power 5 and the Pac-12 presidents that do cause concern to the mid-majors. UAB football coach Bill Clark said any change to the 85-scholarship limit in football would negatively affect the balance in the sport and he does have reservations about further inequity between the richer programs and those on the lower end of the scale.
"It's going to come down to dollars and cents," he said. "I think every one of those schools have so much TV revenue, it's going to really make a huge difference between us and them. And I don't know that we're competing against all the top-tier programs in every league, but those (Power 5) teams that fall in the lower tier, we sure are."
That's a major concern of mine. Can't just give 'em a blank check and let them have whatever they want. And for those don't think the P5 is thinking about increasing the schollly limit for themselves consider the rhetoric that's been going around about injuries (as it relates to depth). Also, consider that there are still many D1 programs that do not give schollys to kickers...