(07-09-2017 07:36 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Well there ARE things that COULD be done. They won't happen but they are FEASIBLE.
1. United television contract, everyone gets a base share and payments are based on the network and broadcast window.
2. G5 "Premier League". NCAA rules require an FBS league to have 8 full members playing football within the conference. The "Premier League" would be a football only "G6" league (or "P6" :) ) To form the league you rank everyone based on say the last three years of computer ratings. Ideally you want the 9 best or 12 best but you can't do that because it means a league would fall under the 8 member rule, so you cap how many can come from each league. MWC, AAC, and MAC could "contribute" up to four teams each, CUSA could "contribute" no more than 6 and Sun Belt no more than 2. So you take the list and you strike the teams rated 5-12 in AAC, MWC, MAC, 7-14 in CUSA, and 3-10 from Sun Belt and just take the 9 or 12 highest rated teams. Each league "contributing" a team gets one share of equity for each team "contributed". At the end of the season run the numbers again and redo it.
No realistic chance anyone does that, but any of it can happen under NCAA rules.
But, you do get some schools not from the G5 that are ranked higher in the computer rankings from the FCS level. North Dakota State made appearance in the final AP Poll a number of times. Eastern Washington also made an appearance. James Madison last year as well. Appalachian State also showed up which was the year they beat Michigan and ended the season beating Delaware in the FCS playoffs. I still think that the Southland, Big Sky, MVFC, Southern and CAA should be considered FBS conferences since those are the conferences that could beat FBS schools every year. You do get an Jacksonville State, Fordham, Liberty and sometimes an HBCU school making an upset.
But, you got to think that some FCS schools in key spots could help sell a TV package for the G5. Maybe a couple of D2 like Azusa Pacific to get the LA tv market.
Possible future G5 members?
Towson-Baltimore
Albany
Richmond
Stony Brook
Villanova (Temple cross town rivals)
Abilene Christian
UCA
Lamar
McNeese State
Sam Houston State
SFA
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee State
Central Connecticut State
Robert Morris
Alabama State
Jackson State
Eastern Washington
Montana
Montana State
North Dakota
North Dakota State
South Dakota or South Dakota State the State school seems to be better at both men's basketball and football.
Northern Arizona
Northern Colorado
Portland State
Sacramento State
Cal. Poly
Cal.-Davis
Illinois State
Indiana State
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
Chattanooga
The Citadel
East Tennessee State
Furman
Mercer
VMI
Wofford
Butler
Dayton
Duquesne
Valparaiso
Fordham
Stetson
Jacksonville
North Carolina A&T
Delaware State
Delaware
James Madison
Howard
Norfolk State
North Carolina Central
Savannah State
Florida A&M
Bethune-Cookman
Charleston Southern
Kennesaw State
North Alabama
Holy Cross
Lehigh
Georgetown
D2 in key areas.
Azusa Pacific
Lock Haven
West Chester
Bellarmine if they add football.
Florida Tech
West Florida
Valdosta State
St. Cloud State
Ferris State
Michigan Tech
Mankato State
Northern Michigan
Minn.-Duluth
Colorado Mesa
Carson-Newman
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Bloomsburg
Bowie State
Bridgeport
Charleston, WV.
Elizabeth City State
Fayetteville State
Gannon
Johnson C. Smith
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lincoln, Mo.
LIU-Post
Virginia Union
Wayne State, Mich.
Arkansas Tech
Harding
Henderson State
Ouachita Baptist
Southern Arkansas (Shreveport tv market)
Simon Fraser
Colorado Mines
Colorado State-Pueblo
New Haven
Albany State
Indianapolis
Fort Hays State
Washburn
Kentucky State
Assumption
Grand Valley State
Concordia-St. Paul
Concordia-Moorhead
Missouri Southern
Missouri Western
Eastern New Mexico
New Mexico Highlands
Western New Mexico
Le Moyne
Pace
Livingstone
U. of Mary
Ashland
Findlay
Central Oklahoma
NE Oklahoma State
SE Oklahoma State
SW Oklahoma State
Western Oregon
Cal., Penn.
East Stroudsburg
Edinboro
Indiana, Pa.
Shippensburg
Slippery Rock
Augustana
Black Hills State
South Dakota Mines
Sioux Falls
Angelo State
Midwestern State
Tarleton State
Texas A&M-Commerce
UTPB
West Texas A&M
Dixie State (Las Vegas market. Replacement if UNLV gets picked for a P5 conference.)
Central Washington
Shepherd
West Liberty
Wheeling Jesuit
Possible spots if schools add football?
Milwaukee (MAC)
George Mason
VCU
Boston U.
Vermont
Bellarmine (Louisville)
Columbus State
North Florida
Tampa
FGCU
Long Beach State
Fullerton State
Wichita State
Cal.-Irvine
East Bay State
University of Texas at Tyler
I am not saying they all could go FBS, but there are some choices if you really want to reach tv markets to sell a G5 package. Both the MWC and SBC do not have much population for where their schools are located. I do not know why the two southern Alabama schools want to block out North Alabama? North Alabama does reached a market that they do not reached. Tennessee