It's a good idea, Bevo. Just such a longshot like ...

2009-10-26T16:16:48.343-07:00

It's a good idea, Bevo. Just such a longshot like my idea.

Why not examine the opposite possibility of droppi...

2009-10-25T13:01:21.609-07:00

Why not examine the opposite possibility of dropping non-revenue producing sports? Spin off the profitable sports. They could pay a nominal licensing fee for the use of the school’s name and facilities including the stadium, parking, and housing. The now independent teams would handle all labor issues including recruiting, salaries, and feeding for players, coaches, and trainers. The teams could negotiate their own television contracts, hire as many coaches and trainers as they desire, and maintain a year round training and playing schedule. Finally, the teams could arrange themselves in some sort of European soccer style table where weak teams are dropped a division and stronger teams are promoted to face tougher competition. The teams would be free to maintain labor limits based on age and prior experience.

The universities could fund remaining athletic endeavors from the licensing fee as well as having access to the facilities now rented by the spun off, independent entities. However, the independent entities maintain preferred tenet status. Without football and men’s basketball to subsidize the athletics budget, Division I and II schools would have to cut recruiting and coaching salaries. Scholarships would be reduced if not eliminated.

Schools could selectively choose remaining sports to focus on. For example, Syracuse could continue to offer lacrosse scholarships. Michigan could decide to offer free education to men’s hockey players. Cornell could have the resources to offer scholarships for both sports.

The vast majority of sports though would be as competitive as Division III. Thus, the division format could be eliminated except for divisions with sufficient scholarship programs such as baseball, lacrosse, or ice hockey.

If a school cannot make money by giving scholarshi...

2009-10-23T11:31:32.233-07:00

If a school cannot make money by giving scholarships in a certain sport, one of two things should happen. The school should first drop the sport. If that does not work, then the school should drop to Division III. Division I should not have to coddle those schools that are out of touch with reality anymore.

Comments on CollegeSportsInfo.com: 15 of the 17 NCAA Men's Sports Lose Money

It's a good idea, Bevo. Just such a longshot like ...

Why not examine the opposite possibility of droppi...

If a school cannot make money by giving scholarshi...