Nick Danger
Active Member
Below is a link to a lengthy Dennis Dodd article from early May that encapsulates all the problems facing the NCAA and their committee to Transform the NCAA, most notably the NIL issue. Towards the very end of the article he also addresses the issue of separating the current FBS schools into two separate sub-divisions (the Haves and the Have-Nots) with the higher "Have" Division being run by some new College Football Playoff organization geared towards football, while the lesser FBS schools will remain in a NCAA-run system.
The article mentions that the criteria being considered to determine which schools make the cut, and which ones don't, will be kept simple, and involve setting a minimum number of sports teams (Men and Women) that the "Have" Division schools must sponsor in order to be in the top tier CFP Division. The number being thrown around right now is a minimum of 20 teams, up from 16, with the thought being that that will create financial barriers, for many of the lesser schools, too great to bear, thereby shunting them (against their will) into the lesser NCAA-run Division.
But here's an interesting factoid about this potential development. After a cursory review (so I could be mis-reading the info) of the number of sports teams each of the current and future Big-12 teams sponsor, only one current and future Big-12 school (other than OU and UT) sponsors enough teams to meet the new, anticipated criteria, and guess who that is!
Dennis Dodd article!
The article mentions that the criteria being considered to determine which schools make the cut, and which ones don't, will be kept simple, and involve setting a minimum number of sports teams (Men and Women) that the "Have" Division schools must sponsor in order to be in the top tier CFP Division. The number being thrown around right now is a minimum of 20 teams, up from 16, with the thought being that that will create financial barriers, for many of the lesser schools, too great to bear, thereby shunting them (against their will) into the lesser NCAA-run Division.
But here's an interesting factoid about this potential development. After a cursory review (so I could be mis-reading the info) of the number of sports teams each of the current and future Big-12 teams sponsor, only one current and future Big-12 school (other than OU and UT) sponsors enough teams to meet the new, anticipated criteria, and guess who that is!
Dennis Dodd article!
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