(01-05-2023 12:00 PM)Illinoisking91 Wrote:  I think everyone here was hoping it be a way of kicking all the small schools out of d1 which would have been stupid.

It may have the opposite effect if the "15k rule" is finally formally tossed aside.

(01-06-2023 11:36 AM)The Sicatoka Wrote:  

(01-05-2023 12:00 PM)Illinoisking91 Wrote:  I think everyone here was hoping it be a way of kicking all the small schools out of d1 which would have been stupid.

It may have the opposite effect if the "15k rule" is finally formally tossed aside.

It hasn't been enforced for a long time. The 30k stadium requirement was more of a barrier than the 17k, later 15k attendance rule.

A real Transformation Committee would've come out with something ... transformative ... like this:

Quote:... the NCAA should define by sport, not by division, the levels and limits of play (a "cafeteria" plan).

For example (a hypothetical):
- four tiers of football: 85 max, 65 max, 45 max, and 20 max scholarship
- three tiers of basketball: 14 max, 9 max, 2 max scholarships
- two tiers of hockey: 18 max, 3 max scholarships
and so on. The levels (and maybe even spending caps, what a concept, per level!) could be worked out at the sport level by the sport experts.

Why do I say this? Say your school wants to play DI mens hockey and DII M/WBB and DIII W bowling and nothing else. So what. Who's that really hurt? Follow the rules for what you're playing and that's that.

Like my father told me long ago: You can paint a turd pink, but all you have is a pink turd.