(05-20-2017 02:59 PM)arkstfan Wrote: As long as the CFP or similar exists there will be no tweeners.
There will be us and them.
Those who have a guaranteed slot in the elite and events and guaranteed major share of the post-season event revenue and those who have to compete for a slot and are guaranteed a smaller share.
In the context of D1 the entire G5 is tweener grouping.
Take the the CFP payouts. While the P5 is paid x3 what the G5 is paid, the G5 makes x20 what the FCS conferences are earning.
P5 competes for a playoff spot. G5 competes for a NYD bowl game. FCS competes for non-conference money games, always on the road at an FBS school.
If the G5 can get it's champs guaranteed in a NYD bowl and remove some of its weaker bowl offerings they start to get close to the P5 experience.
-New conference rules for historical 6-6 records for available slots.
-G5 champs in Holiday, Sun, Liberty, Gator
-New P5 bowl games in Chicago, St. Louis, Boston
-G5 dropping bowls in Boise, New Mexico, Montgomery, Ft. Worth
The G5 might have to suck up having only 4-5 bowl games but the ability to backfill slots in P5 bowls. What's happened is the quality of bowls at the G5 level has dropped because of over saturation and tighter qualifying rules can take care of some of that.