Ivey's team caught fire and won the ACC Championhsip. She had something to shoot for. Kelly made it to one National Champion game and two playoffs but didn't have close to the talent he needed to win. With twelve teams in the playoffs Freeman has some wiggle room that Kelly didn't have. With a good draw ND might not have to play one of the big boys out of the gate.
Our hand or we lose a path to the playoffs.
The could happen though. Our schedule isn’t very good this year. If that continues and it’s due to other teams not adding us to their schedule that may also force our hand.
unless we decided not join. Independence is worth keeping but not at the risk of meaningless football in my opinion.
now, but the group of teams they need to pull in is shrinking.
Determine a Super Conference football solution that checks all of the following boxes:
1 - Creates a new single institution of all members (essentially replacing the N.C.A.A.'s involvement in football)
2 - Allows for Student-Athlete Compensation in a way that doesn't involve pay-for-play, doesn't come from the school or its affiliated organizations, and keeps the school in compliance with Title IX
3 - Sets up television rights in a way that allows for maximum exposure of all regions in the country
4 - Re-aligns the schools regionally into subdivisions in a way that produces a schedule that largely favors school/sport balance for the players and coaches
5 - Sets up a season format that involves 10 regular season games and starts on Labor Day and ends before December 1st
6 - Concludes with a 12-Team Playoff that each subdivision champion automatically receives a bid and bye to, then leaves 8 At-Large bids open
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6 Subdivisions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Midsouth, Pac-Northwest, Pac-Southwest. Each has 12 programs.
Season starts on Labor Day. 10 games are played with 2 off weeks. Regular Season ends the weekend of Thanksgiving. Subdivision Championship Games are the week after. Players study and take final exams over the next 2 weeks. Playoffs start the weekend before Christmas and proceed weekly for 4 weeks (top 4 teams get the Bye).
No one ever plays more than 14 games in a season. Presuming a Top-4 team will usually win the title, most teams will never play more than 13 games in a season.
I assume some similar? I can’t imagine they go purely by rankings
Found a description
Link: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-12-17/how-dii-football-championship-works-history-an
I have never even looked at it.
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A couple non-exhaustive options here, I think. Schools are going to want to be able to "control" athletes - at least at some level - I'd say possibly like free agency.
1. Schools compensate - e.g., base rate with no prohibition on NIL [maintain contractual control, but have headache of employment & possible union issues]
1A. Schools compensate but NIL limited to bona fide use of NIL for documented endorsements and no school/NIl connection other than collective payment [same as 1 but possibly better control/rules regarding payment]
2. Schools do not compensate - e.g., only "compensation" is scholarship room and board with unrestricted all-other compensation. [loss of control but possibly avoid unionization]
2A. Schools do not compensate, and compensation managed by state-run entities [tax man want his money]
The players could receive compensation from the Super Conference Institution, same rate for all, out of the revenue stream. No direct payment from the schools.
Agreed on bona fide N.I.L., approved by the Institution.
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