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It's only a matter of time because this is what greed leads to. College basketball is next........

There is so much incorrect about that article, it's a joke.

The writer makes no mention of how Title 9 might be applied in such an athletic structure. Just because it is not NCAA does not necessarily mean gender equality laws cannot apply.

In his scenario, the universities might be left with only the nonrevenue sports for on-campus play. How will that work out in the long run?

I thought there were more than 120 teams now. Not that the number is important, but even I know it's 126 or so. UMass, UTSA, Georgia Southern, Old Dominion and South Alabama all count now.

The Ellison and Cuban angle is intriguing. What if, in the face of unionization and the increasing competitiveness of recruiting, a group of business giants went in with the major college football programs to privatize their own league with new rules and regulations.

If college football leaves the NCAA, it wouldn't destroy all non-revenue college athletics but it would diminish it significantly. You would see numerous women's and men's sports disappear as they effectively become DI-Non-Football programs. Title IX can still be managed even if the NCAA doesn't regulate football because there are non-NCAA athletic leagues for women (or they can be formed).

(04-05-2014 12:57 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote: [ -> ]The Ellison and Cuban angle is intriguing. What if, in the face of unionization and the increasing competitiveness of recruiting, a group of business giants went in with the major college football programs to privatize their own league with new rules and regulations.

If college football leaves the NCAA, it wouldn't destroy all non-revenue college athletics but it would diminish it significantly. You would see numerous women's and men's sports disappear as they effectively become DI-Non-Football programs. Title IX can still be managed even if the NCAA doesn't regulate football because there are non-NCAA athletic leagues for women (or they can be formed).

An additional consideration of major programs leaving the NCAA is would they also lose the university connection which is primary to the tax credit factor in the donations that presently finance the programs. Millionaire to millionaire charitable tax deductible contributions may cease to exist.

Also, if the 30 or 40 university's programs that now operate "in the black" leave the NCAA, who might they play if the NCAA bars them from their present supply of "peasant programs" on which they fatten their records (and their bank accounts)?

(04-05-2014 01:29 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: [ -> ]An additional consideration of major programs leaving the NCAA is would they also lose the university connection which is primary to the tax credit factor in the donations that presently finance the programs. Millionaire to millionaire charitable tax deductible contributions may cease to exist.

Also, if the 30 or 40 university's programs that now operate "in the black" leave the NCAA, who might they play if the NCAA bars them from their present supply of "peasant programs" on which they fatten their records (and their bank accounts)?

You don't have to be in the NCAA to have a university connection. There is the NAIA, college Rugby, etc... The NCAA doesn't have a monopoly.

If they need peasant programs I'm sure a "minor league" could be created in addition to the 30 or so universities. Having "college" teams in this league in non-traditional college powerhouse cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, New Orleans, Houston, etc... could be beneficial and there may be a purpose for such a C*USA-style league in a 50 team college league (I'd argue that UAB should position themselves to join such a league). But if they can make money with Florida vs Texas matchups every week and don't mind the "National Champion" having 4 losses, the cream-puffs might not be needed.

The biggest downside it that it will become more difficult to keep non-profit status, but this may be an inevitability that the Ellisons and Cubans would prepare them for.