(10-30-2020 06:34 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-30-2020 05:57 PM)Hilldog Wrote:  

(10-29-2020 04:34 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  

(10-29-2020 03:12 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-29-2020 03:03 PM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  Spot on. Plus the article does not mention basketball. I think we can all agree that:
1. The WAC is a better basketball league than the SLC.
2. Adding SFA to the WAC will only strengthen basketball. I'm not saying a 2 bid league necessarily, but the WAC would get that much better.

If you want to talk FB, being FBS ups the P5 payout from the $250-500 range (FCS) to $1-2M (FBS).

There is no difference between a weak 1 bid league and a “strong” 1 bid league.

There is a difference in tournament seeding. A strong one-bid mid-major team has a better chance at winning a game in the NCAA tournament than a "weak "one-bid conference team. At one time, the WCC used to be a one-bid conference. But over time Gonzaga pulled up the rest of the conference to the point that now the WCC can get two teams into the NCAA tournament most years. It takes time but it also takes teams who can set a high bar. NMSU has set the current bar. But in time, GCU, CBU, (and SFA if they join) can push NMSU to set a higher bar if they want to remain the alpha in the conference.

For CBU, Dixie, and Tarleton they can't make the NCAA for four years after they moved to D1. That's a stupid outdated rule. How would you like to recruit, and tell players they can't go to the NCAA, even if they win the conference. Hell, until this year, those schools couldn't go to the WAC Tourney, and even now they have to wait two years, but still no NCAA. If CBU won the WAC Tourney this year, they deserve to go to the NCAA. Nobody gave them the wins.

I don't know the entire situation at CBU, but they had something like 7-9 kids in the transfer portal. Are some looking for more playing time? Yes. Do some hate the coach and want to leave? Probably. I'm sure some kids came back too. But, how you feel, if other schools preyed on your best players with the caveat of playing in the NCAA. Those three WAC schools, can't do anything about that.

Maybe the WAC could sponsor a rule change to allow D2 schools to go to the NCAA immediately, if they win their conference tourney.

It might be stupid and outdated, but that’s the rule and D2 teams moving up, agree to do it. There’s laws and rules that limit options based on age, education, and so on. GCU did it. CBU is half way there, Tarleton and Dixie will complete theirs before you realize it.

Don't be an idiot. Rules change every year. There was a time schools couldn't pay for summer school. But, now it's common place. There used to be a 5/8 and then a 5/9 rule- five new players per year and no more than 8 new players every two years. Then they raised it to 9 over two years. Then they went to the APR and did away with a stupid outdated rule.