(05-12-2022 05:04 PM)nodak651 Wrote:  

(05-12-2022 04:46 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(05-12-2022 04:28 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(05-12-2022 04:08 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(05-12-2022 11:58 AM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Only Stetson, Morehead, and Presbyterian would be guaranteed a conference home if they started offering scholarships.

That's part of the point that I was trying to get at with this thread. The ASUN, OVC and Big South are hurting for members right now. By adding the three teams mentioned on this post to their respective conferences, those three conferences will have more members to their football conferences, and by adding Presbyterian back to the Big South, it gets them out of this odd partnership with the OVC. Those teams will be better off when the FCS as a whole has to make adjustments to their budgets once the money select teams get from being blown out by 60-70 points to a P5 team dries up, not counting the Pioneer League. The FCS will want to trim of some of the excess fat that the league has, and have fewer, more regionalized conferences.

1) Who is paying for 126 scholarships per team
2) Most FCS conferences are regionalized already
3) Until the FCS game as a counter rule is eliminated, that point is invalid. There is not a reason to eliminate it.
4) Why does the existence of the Pioneer League bother people? It doesn't bother any FCS fans. More Football the better.

1. They are paid through either donations from alumni or student fees. Students pay for the entertainment on campus, and college football is an entertainment option at a college.
2. Yes, most conferences at that level are regionalized. However, conferences like the WAC and Big Sky, as well as the Big South (when they sponsored football) are not. Bryant and Robert Morris are in the northeast and play southern based teams. The WAC consists of teams from Texas and Utah. Thats a lot of travel for teams between those two states. The Big Sky also has a lot of travel within the conference even though it consists of western state based teams.
3. Do you not think that if the rule was eliminated, the P5 teams would spend the money on more marquee matchups rather than playing an FCS team? The P5 understands where the money is made, and they would be willing to spend that money on a marquee matchup if it means increasing their chances at making the playoff.
4. I don't have an issue with the league. My issue is that the teams in that league are private schools that sponsor non-scholarship football that would be much better off in regional based conferences, even if they were added as a non-scholarship member, if that would be allowed.

I think that's a reach... Look at St. Thomas for example. How do you think that would play out for them?

If there was a split within the MVFC and the Summit League started sponsoring football, St. Thomas would join that league.