https://www.si.com/college/2024/03/20/to...r-programs
This latest assult on any conference not named the Big 10 or SEC comes after last years tourney included 2 of the 4 schools in the final 4 were Group of 5 schools (FAU and SDSU)
This years NIT they took the Auto bids away from the G5 again. Even though the NIT Championship Game included 2 teams from CUSA. And of course CUSA was snubbed with no teams invited even though Xavier was invited with a losing record because they are in the Big East.
Their arguements are changed to suit them. In FBS Football they use the example that the SEC and Big 10 had so many teams in the 4 team playoff that they deserve the most money and byes, and auto bids because of performance.
But the same arguement is not used when last years NIT and NCAA Championship games 3 of the 4 teams were from the G5.
What do we get from those basketball sucesses (No G5 auto bids in the NIT this year and a call for no G5 auto bids in the NCAA in the future.
They could not even give the 12 team playoff a chance to work for a while now they want a 14 team version. Structured with big payouts for the SEC and Big 10.
You have 10 FBS Conferences and the champion of each one should be included in any playoff. The FCS, Div 2 and 3 do this every year.
All this money grab is in addition to the 70 million each school can receive in the Big 10 and SEC TV contracts along with the revenue from their 90,000 seat stadiums.
And also remember that in most cases that in both Football and Basketball the G5 school has to play the P5 at their home.
Add in NIL and the transfer portal, Where you have to recruit a new team every year. They talk about name brand schools for ratings. Why are they name brands because they are on Prime Time National TV every week.
The NFL has a great model where you have revenue sharing and schedules where you play home and away.
Oh there are 2 things that the Group of Greed
Likes about the G-5 (steal our coach or players)
They are destroying college sports.
THANK YOU GROUP OF GREED