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First - this article has one statement that's a little offensive to Valley fans....
"C-USA checked in as the 11th-rated league according to the Ratings
Percentage Index, behind the Missouri Valley (ninth) and the WAC (10th),
neither of which have programs that can match C-USA's top schools in
facilities, resources, location or tradition."
But the jist of the story is that the CUSA people felt disrespected and now they're gonna force their members to schedule tougher!!
And they're going to devise a formula to financially PENALIZE the teams who are not doing their share of schuling better.
Whoa...this approach would severely cripple ISU if their were in CUSA!!!
"..C-USA ...what it plans to do..is clamp down on how its teams are
scheduling in the non-conference season. In an attempt to manipulate the
RPI to its advantage, the league is telling its coaches to build schedules for
which they can win 70 percent of their non-conference games.
To enforce, or at least encourage, better scheduling, Banowsky said C-USA
has created a formula to distribute its postseason revenue on the basis of
winning percentage. The more Division 1 non-conference games a team wins,
the more money it gets from the league.
Moreover, the league is going to review all non-conference games and give
feedback on whether schools are scheduling at the appropriate level. If the
directives are ignored -- for instance, if an athletic director at a bottom-tier
program starts taking multiple paydays at power-conference schools just to
help balance the budget -- C-USA may seek even more control.
..This is big business. This is important. We have to be a little more precise in
how we do this."
But with guys like Southern Miss' Larry Eustachy routinely scheduling 4 NAIA schools each year plus a plethora of 300+ RPI opponents, this is easier said than done...
"C-USA checked in as the 11th-rated league according to the Ratings
Percentage Index, behind the Missouri Valley (ninth) and the WAC (10th),
neither of which have programs that can match C-USA's top schools in
facilities, resources, location or tradition."
But the jist of the story is that the CUSA people felt disrespected and now they're gonna force their members to schedule tougher!!
And they're going to devise a formula to financially PENALIZE the teams who are not doing their share of schuling better.
Whoa...this approach would severely cripple ISU if their were in CUSA!!!
"..C-USA ...what it plans to do..is clamp down on how its teams are
scheduling in the non-conference season. In an attempt to manipulate the
RPI to its advantage, the league is telling its coaches to build schedules for
which they can win 70 percent of their non-conference games.
To enforce, or at least encourage, better scheduling, Banowsky said C-USA
has created a formula to distribute its postseason revenue on the basis of
winning percentage. The more Division 1 non-conference games a team wins,
the more money it gets from the league.
Moreover, the league is going to review all non-conference games and give
feedback on whether schools are scheduling at the appropriate level. If the
directives are ignored -- for instance, if an athletic director at a bottom-tier
program starts taking multiple paydays at power-conference schools just to
help balance the budget -- C-USA may seek even more control.
..This is big business. This is important. We have to be a little more precise in
how we do this."
But with guys like Southern Miss' Larry Eustachy routinely scheduling 4 NAIA schools each year plus a plethora of 300+ RPI opponents, this is easier said than done...
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