(04-22-2014 12:53 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: (04-22-2014 12:15 PM)FIUFan Wrote: Guess what the SEC is voting on in their next meeting.....going to 9 conference games. Hmm, let's think about that; nine conference games will probably mean a bunch of 4-5 and 3-6 records in-conference, yet the SEC has 12 bowl tie-ins (prob. an exaggeration). How are they going to meet their obligations because there aint a lot of margin for error for those middling SEC schools who want to/must go bowling.
Solution: given autonomy, let's vote that any "P5" school with a 5-7 record or better will qualify for a bowl; because after all, we are P5.
Now this may be taking an issue to far, however, the point remains that once these P5's clear up their 'student athlete' house-cleaning where are they going to turn. That's right, they'll continue to make their house cushier and cushier at the expense of everyone else. I hate to use the 1% anology here but geez, making rules to 'insulate yourself' from competition just doesn't seem very American to me.
Why is the MWC and CUSA going along with this power grab also.
I just don't get it how you willingly vote away your powers.
Why would anyone/any conference do that???
I'm not sure where they stand on the issue but I would assume they are against it as well. The G5 are in the minority when it comes to the new voting procedure. So once we change, the G5 are kind of screwed in shared voting in addition to being left out autonomy subjects.
Weighted Voting System for Shared Governance.
The Steering Committee recommends a 4-2-1 voting model, whereby five conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big
12, Pac-12 and SEC) votes would be weighted at four each and the other five FBS conferences (AAC,
C-USA, MAC, MWC and Sun Belt) would be weighted at two each and the remaining 22 FCS/DI
conferences and the student-athletes would be valued at one each. The four commissioner votes
would be weighted according to the subgroup they represent. The 4-2-1 model breaks down as follows
regarding voting percentages:
NCAA Division I Steering Committee on Governance Report to Division I Board April 2014 p.36
• Five conferences (5x4) + one commissioner seat (1x4) = 24 = 38.7 percent.
• Middle five conferences (5x2) +one commissioner seat (1x2) = 12 = 19.4 percent.
• DI/FCS - 22 conferences (22x1) + two commissioner seats (2x1) = 24 = 38.7 percent.
• Two student-athletes (2x1) =2 = 3.2 percent.