I think the NCAA should put a cap on the number of home games in the 12 game season. They can cap it at 7 home games. Most teams already comply with this, but there are a few each year that sit at home and don't leave until their conference forces them to. Notre Dame could theoretically play 12 games in South Bend since they're independent.
There's already a minimum of 5 home games enforced by the NCAA. I believe that they should have changed the rules when they added a 12th game, but they didn't. A max of 7 home games would even the playing field just a little bit more.
I would love even more to see a mandatory 6-6 schedule, which would severly cripple the money machines that some schools have going on and forcing them to play road games at teams that they normally wouldn't think of, but that's taking it a little too far.
(07-26-2009 02:58 PM)uakronkid Wrote: [ -> ]I think the NCAA should put a cap on the number of home games in the 12 game season. They can cap it at 7 home games. Most teams already comply with this, but there are a few each year that sit at home and don't leave until their conference forces them to. Notre Dame could theoretically play 12 games in South Bend since they're independent.
There's already a minimum of 5 home games enforced by the NCAA. I believe that they should have changed the rules when they added a 12th game, but they didn't. A max of 7 home games would even the playing field just a little bit more.
I would love even more to see a mandatory 6-6 schedule, which would severly cripple the money machines that some schools have going on and forcing them to play road games at teams that they normally wouldn't think of, but that's taking it a little too far.
I'd love to see this as well. The problem is that the people who make these decisions are the same people that keep the BCS alive.
(07-26-2009 02:58 PM)uakronkid Wrote: [ -> ]I would love even more to see a mandatory 6-6 schedule, which would severly cripple the money machines that some schools have going on and forcing them to play road games at teams that they normally wouldn't think of, but that's taking it a little too far.
I can see where some of the MAC colleagues would disagree with you. Many times those road games are what balances the budget for smaller FBS schools. Telling them they can't go play Michigan when they could get a $500K payday, but they can only go and get a home game against Gardner-Web and maybe make $100K isn't going to work well.
(07-26-2009 03:38 PM)mattsarz Wrote: [ -> ] (07-26-2009 02:58 PM)uakronkid Wrote: [ -> ]I would love even more to see a mandatory 6-6 schedule, which would severly cripple the money machines that some schools have going on and forcing them to play road games at teams that they normally wouldn't think of, but that's taking it a little too far.
I can see where some of the MAC colleagues would disagree with you. Many times those road games are what balances the budget for smaller FBS schools. Telling them they can't go play Michigan when they could get a $500K payday, but they can only go and get a home game against Gardner-Web and maybe make $100K isn't going to work well.
They could still go and play those games, they just couldn't play three of them in a given year. Plus it means that there would be no need to play 1-AA schools because of all the top BCS teams suddenly havig to play on the road. They might opt to play at schools as close as possible to their fanbase. EMU could play Michigan and collect their 500k check, but Michigan could come to EMU and earn them 500k in ticket sales the next year.
I would love to see a rule put in place that makes everyone return a game. You can play someone a home and home, two for one, three for one, or whatever for one but you must return a game to that other team's home stadium.
I-AA teams do not count but I would also like to not count them for bowl eligibility.
It will never happen because a school like UAT (Bama Criminal Turds) would have to return a game to say Northern Illinois and they would die in horror but it is a nice dream I have.
In theory, sounds fine ..... but then Michigan will be hosting Eastern Michigan at Ford Field, Auburn will be hosting Ball State at Legion Field, and Penn State will be hosting Akron at Heinz Field (to use 2009 examples of schools with 8 home games, 1 against a MAC team).
The real solution is mandating at least 1 true OOC road game a year. Power schools will never let that be mandated, however.
I'd like to see a salary cap on college football coaching salaries. There's no reason head coaches should make $3-4 million a season. These salaries keep rising way more than inflation and the smaller schools are trying to keep up and it's not possible.
(07-27-2009 12:59 AM)epasnoopy Wrote: [ -> ]I'd like to see a salary cap on college football coaching salaries. There's no reason head coaches should make $3-4 million a season. These salaries keep rising way more than inflation and the smaller schools are trying to keep up and it's not possible.
Why? Because you say so? That's ridiculous.
It's what the market will bear. Period.
Make the stipulation the return game must be in the other team's home stadium OR if it is another stadium, the "home" team keeps 100% of the gate. Michigan may host EMU at Ford Field but EMU keeps the gate.
(07-26-2009 09:15 PM)NittanyLion Wrote: [ -> ]In theory, sounds fine ..... but then Michigan will be hosting Eastern Michigan at Ford Field, Auburn will be hosting Ball State at Legion Field, and Penn State will be hosting Akron at Heinz Field (to use 2009 examples of schools with 8 home games, 1 against a MAC team).
The real solution is mandating at least 1 true OOC road game a year. Power schools will never let that be mandated, however.
The proper rule should be 7 home games max and if you play a team in a neutral site within 250 miles of your campus, you are limited to 6 home games.
We as fans are making the assumption that all non-BCS coaches and more importantly ADs and Presidents do not like the status quo. As mentioned before, these road games fund the coffers and make things like paying coaches better salaries possible. For years, people have pushed Ohio State to host a game at Browns Stadium, but it was never feasible because that is money from 30,000 tickets right off the top they cannot recoup.
If any of you saw the recent TV interview with the MAC commissioner it is a similar situation to the BCS. While the BCS does not have an automatic bid for the MAC, at least it is a potential dream. With a playoff system, most MAC ADs and Presidents feel they would never have a shot at a piece of the pie.
If they actually forced an Ohio State to play more true road games, it would play traditionally horrible BCS teams before ever playing at a non-BCS stadium.