Midmajors revolt

[BUBalum05]

What if the NCAA created tiers based on the previous year's RPI, say 4 tiers which is roughly 85 teams. You then have to schedule 2 non-conf games against each tier totalling 6 games. This gives every team a chance to play teams from every level and prevents the BCS schools from ignoring the littlest guys. Let's face it, even BU tries to ignore the lower schools just the same as the power conferences do. Besides the tournament we saw UMKC and FGCU, the only truly weak program we scheduled was SEMO.

[houstontxbrave]

I am not a Tom Penders fan but I have heard him repeatedly on his radio show say the only way to get a somewhat level playing field is the NCAA not only regulate the non conference schedules but the number of road games a team plays non conference.

That is a great idea but I doubt the NCAA will ever regulate anything in terms of scheduling for BCS schools. The NCAA does not want a level playing field.

They want every atlarge to be BCS and use the smoke and mirrors for the non BCS to schedule up and win every game.. .and then and only then will we even think about giving you an atlarge berth.

[Murph]

It's going to happen just like the BCS crap in football.

[SFP]

I know in theory that sounds like a good idea, but I think the government has more important things to do than waste time discussing how to get a couple of more mid-major teams into the NCAA Tournament.

This made me laugh. Where were they before the economy cracked? I do not think that a little congressional meeting with the media on the NCAA would do much in taxing our government leader's brains. They spend more time raising money then anything else and this econmic mess will not change that but may even increase the fund raising activity. I'd like the non-BCS schools to help them a bit and perhaps help them find the time for economic issues and a little bit of time for them.

Are people really counting on our politicians to get us out of this mess? Now that is scary.

[ifarania]

I've said this before... They were dealing with baseball on capital hill... They can deal with college basketball. The threat of anti-trust lawsuits can influence legislation, and the force of politics combined with the legal system could bring all parties together to work out a more equitable solution. Our politicians and judges/lawyers aren't so inept that they can't prevent what this all really amounts to: interstate fraud and a form of oligopoly.

[Bravesfan]

This made me laugh. Where were they before the economy cracked? I do not think that a little congressional meeting with the media on the NCAA would do much in taxing our government leader's brains. They spend more time raising money then anything else and this econmic mess will not change that but may even increase the fund raising activity. I'd like the non-BCS schools to help them a bit and perhaps help them find the time for economic issues and a little bit of time for them.

Are people really counting on our politicians to get us out of this mess? Now that is scary.

I understand your point. But what I'm saying is that the government is not supposed to be spending time on which teams will play each other in college basketball. People's perceptions of the government are bad enough as it is. I don't think they would appreciate them wasting even more time on basketball, which is not an essential function of the government.

[ifarania]

I understand your point. But what I'm saying is that the government is not supposed to be spending time on which teams will play each other in college basketball. People's perceptions of the government are bad enough as it is. I don't think they would appreciate them wasting even more time on basketball, which is not an essential function of the government.

The government is supposed to be involved if there is a violation of interstate commerce... That would make this a federal case, literally. The government is responsible for business between states, last I checked... And protecting and investigating institutions important to the American way of life is also a function of government. I don't see the problem here.