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The Big 12 Comissioner recently suggested that bigger schools within Division I should form a "federation" within the NCAA to govern their sports-
Suggesting a special convention might need to be called to achieve "transformational change" in the NCAA, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby suggested Monday it's time to consider a new "federation" of schools with like resources ??“ and perhaps separation by sport...
Bowlsby said commissioners of the five power conferences have "unanimity" on the subject.
"Northern Iowa and Texas aren't much alike," said Bowlsby, formerly the athletic director at Northern Iowa, Iowa and Stanford before moving to the Big 12 a year ago.
ACC commissioner John Swofford...suggested a separate division for the five power conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC).
The gap in resources within college athletics has never been greater, and it's growing. An analysis by USA TODAY shows the average SEC public school's operational expenses in 2011-12 were $88.5 million, according to the most recently available information reported by the schools to the NCAA. The average Mountain West school spent $41.3 million. The divide is expected to grow dramatically with the advent of the College Football Playoff.
What they are getting at with these statements is that the big schools are tired of sharing even a dime of the NCAA revenues with smaller schools. They want to keep mid-majors around in basketball, so they can play them during their pre-conference season, but they don't want anything to do with them in the post-season. And in football, they want the millions in TV and internet money all to themselves.
Suggesting a special convention might need to be called to achieve "transformational change" in the NCAA, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby suggested Monday it's time to consider a new "federation" of schools with like resources ??“ and perhaps separation by sport...
Bowlsby said commissioners of the five power conferences have "unanimity" on the subject.
"Northern Iowa and Texas aren't much alike," said Bowlsby, formerly the athletic director at Northern Iowa, Iowa and Stanford before moving to the Big 12 a year ago.
ACC commissioner John Swofford...suggested a separate division for the five power conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC).
The gap in resources within college athletics has never been greater, and it's growing. An analysis by USA TODAY shows the average SEC public school's operational expenses in 2011-12 were $88.5 million, according to the most recently available information reported by the schools to the NCAA. The average Mountain West school spent $41.3 million. The divide is expected to grow dramatically with the advent of the College Football Playoff.
What they are getting at with these statements is that the big schools are tired of sharing even a dime of the NCAA revenues with smaller schools. They want to keep mid-majors around in basketball, so they can play them during their pre-conference season, but they don't want anything to do with them in the post-season. And in football, they want the millions in TV and internet money all to themselves.
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