Interesting article about transition benefits and drawbacks to reclassifying from FCS to FBS. Nothing too different than what has been discussed on the boards for the last year, but something worth reading.
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...e-for-most
A couple of key quotes:
"Go ask someone 100 miles from Statesboro how many national championships we (GA Southern) won at the FCS level," he said. "No one knows." Kleinlein (GA Southern AD) pointed out that the lowest-rated bowl games still routinely garner higher ratings than the FCS national championship game.
"For me, at the end of the day, it's the exposure for our university and growing our university," said Kleinlein, referencing the increased opportunities to play other FBS schools and garner more television coverage. Kleinlein said it's also not a decision rooted solely in football.
"For us, we're pretty good in some of our other sports. These other sports are constantly having to fight the battle of whether they're a Division I school because of the labeling and association of FBS football."
"There's also the future to consider amid the growing discussion around the power conferences forming a new subdivision one day, Kleinlein said.
"When I looked at what was going on, my concern became: Eventually, if the big split happens, are we now at the third level as opposed to the second level?
