Good piece by Gary Parrish on dangers of Super Conferences

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Agreed, SS. The line between professional and amateur continues to get blurred. More and more, economics trumps athletics at the college level. It's a sad, helpless feeling to watch it all develop, and many of us hold the same hope as you that the day never comes...
 

TwoFans said:
Agreed, SS. The line between professional and amateur continues to get blurred. More and more, economics trumps athletics at the college level. It's a sad, helpless feeling to watch it all develop, and many of us hold the same hope as you that the day never comes...
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Am I missing something? Why are other conferences "obligated" to go to 16 teams just because one conference goes to 16 teams?
 

Obviously the problem with the BCS and the football playoff system is what is the driving force behind Super Conferences, and like the article states it does nothing for basketball and the existing NCAA playoffs. I don't see why the basketball tournament can't continue to distribute teams like it currently does, keeping the basic percentage of teams from BCS conferences relatively the same no matter what the makeup or how many conferences there are.

The trend seems to be to having conference play be the first part of a football championship. If you are down to four conference champions a playoff is pretty easy and you don't have to worry about Boise State sneaking in.
 

TwoFans said:
Agreed, SS. The line between professional and amateur continues to get blurred. More and more, economics trumps athletics at the college level. It's a sad, helpless feeling to watch it all develop, and many of us hold the same hope as you that the day never comes...
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There is nothing in the mission statement of any University or College that I know of that says participation in or fielding of inter-collegiate athletics is required.

I like the push for the Super Conference model because it's going to eventually require schools to crap or get off the pot. You cannot solicit billions in tv revenues, billions in merchandising, hundreds of millions of dollars in donations towards football and basketball palaces, hire multi-million dollar coaching staffs and then claim "This is about education first!" Nor can you subsidize the costs of these athletic endeavors by passing the buck off to the University as a whole via increased student fees or debt.
 


Forgive my ignorance, what did Vanderbilt do a few years ago? Didn’t they get rid of the Athletic Department? If yes, why can’t other school do that too?


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