(01-17-2020 06:22 PM)solohawks Wrote: (01-17-2020 06:10 PM)Florida tribe fan Wrote: (01-16-2020 11:47 PM)solohawks Wrote: (01-16-2020 11:18 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote: JMU
W&M
Elon
UNCW
CofC
UNCG
High Point
Winthrop
Belmont
Ut-Chatanooga
I would love to piece together a new conference
I would replace High Point with ETSU
NCAA rules however now require a new conference to field 7 members for 8 years before they can get a mutibid so its not a realistic possibility to start from scratch
A howling argument for changing NCAA rules. Wouldn’t you love to see non-Power 5 schools form a Tea Party and wave the BS flag regarding how the rules hamstring them?
I think the intent behind the rule to prevent more auto bids to the NCAA tournament
The last thing the NCAA wants is for a conference to split and both halves need an auto bid. This rule prevents that from happening. Most conferences have their own geographic area or niche and have no desire to split
The CAA is in the minority here due to their lack of vision in regards to football v basketball and picking a geographic region.
Concur that the precise intent of the rule is to prevent more auto bids. The beneficiaries of such a rule are Power 5 schools.
I do not know what the CAA commissioner’s work day involves. My contention is that on some days it should include publicly advocating for NCAA regulations that are as beneficial to CAA members as Power 5 members. On Selection Sunday there will only be nine or ten leagues that receive at-large bids. This list will not include the CAA.
The NCAA tournament generates sufficient revenue such that a handful more auto bids won’t create a hardship for those presently on the receiving end of almost all of the largesse. Tournament revenue could also be used to compensate Power 5 teams for playing two away games per year at have not programs. A trip to any town ending in “burg” would arguably broaden their college scholarship experience.
The Power 5 teams can be expected to win the majority of these games. Such a requirement would allow the selection committee to judge whether selected teams had in fact experienced any resume deflating losses. Presently the selection committee assumes they won games they would almost never schedule if left unprompted.
These are the kinds of regulations l would like to see the commissioner calling for, in above the fold headlines on the sports page of the Wilmington paper or ESPN website. If on the other hand, he/she were to be seeking a conference construct that reduced the number of auto bids, my opinion is this would be a firing offense.
Incidentally, suspect that Ivy League members are ecstatic to be in an eight team league with an autobid. CAA attendance numbers don’t indicate that the present set of rivalries would preclude reorganization if NCAA regulations weren’t a roadblock.