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Balance in college footbal
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:21 am
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:21 am
NCAA could adopt a policy like the NFL and NBA , the winners are penalized by having lower draft picks. In college the final four in the football playoff would be allowed 75 players for the next 2 seasons. This would prevent the hoarding of 4 and 5 stars. Of course there would have to be rules to preventing gray shirts and walk-ons. The rules would need to be tweeted as Saban figures out ways to get around them.
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Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:24 am to emoryman
Just lower the amount of scholly players overall
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:24 am to emoryman
That would only further decrease the amateur aspect of the sport.
The only way this could ever happen is if we went to player compensation.
The only way this could ever happen is if we went to player compensation.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:25 am to HailToTheChiz
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Just lower the amount of scholly players overall
I actually like this.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:32 am to diddlydawg7
The NCAA penalizes teams with scholarship reduction . How does that lead to compensation ?
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:41 am to emoryman
I like it how it is
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:43 am to HailToTheChiz
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Just lower the amount of scholly players overall
I don't see reducing scholarships again as a way to fix anything. Your Bamas and OSUs are still going to hoard the top talent, and they will process players and find ways around that.
The bigger negative to scholly reductions is that many of your lower rated players that go G5 or even D2 would lose out on scholarship opportunities.
If you want to fix the game and add balance, the only thing that will do is either go back to BCS format, or expand and change the playoff criteria. I am for the latter.
Go to a minimum of 6 teams. Power 5 conference champs get in. Highest ranked G5 team gets in. The top 2 seeds have a bye while seeds 3-6 and 4-5 play in. Another cool thing they could do is to give the two conferences that play for the Natty the Bye in the next year. So you are playing for the natty plus a chance for your conference to get a bye the following year. That would be my ideal set up.
Of course you could argue to go to 8 teams and have power 5 champs and top 3 teams outside of that, but honestly, if you look over the last 6 years...Bama still wins NAtty without even winning their division 2 of those years.
This post was edited on 2/13/21 at 8:49 am
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:44 am to emoryman
Compensation answers nothing.
If you allow compensation, then allow any student to play (it no longer becomes college football).
Scholarship reduction with an increased emphasis in OOC scheduling would reward G5 and level the playing field.
Im not for that. But if equity is a goal (and it shouldnt be) that is how you do it.
If you allow compensation, then allow any student to play (it no longer becomes college football).
Scholarship reduction with an increased emphasis in OOC scheduling would reward G5 and level the playing field.
Im not for that. But if equity is a goal (and it shouldnt be) that is how you do it.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:54 am to emoryman
1980 is getting to you, I see 
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:56 am to meansonny
You can not reduced scholarships on every school . That hurts too many kids . By reducing on the four 4 will bring parity. Most young people don' t remember the hoarding of talent by Bryant. When Alabama went on probation and had their numbers reduced and watched closely by the NCAA , they lost to Auburn six years in a row.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:01 am to emoryman
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You can not reduced scholarships on every school . That hurts too many kids . By reducing on the four 4 will bring parity. Most young people don' t remember the hoarding of talent by Bryant. When Alabama went on probation and had their numbers reduced and watched closely by the NCAA , they lost to Auburn six years in a row.
OOC scheduling trickles down money to lower programs. That would allow D2 and D3 more money for more scholarships (more than offsets the reduction at D1 as money goes much further in D2 and D3).
Is your point balance and equity?
Scholarship reduction and increases emphasis on OOC games 100% accomplishes that and can be done without any limitation to # of degrees earned through football.
For the record, balance and equity shouldnt be the point. I dont advocate for a scholarship reduction. Or any rules action intended to create parity.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:01 am to emoryman
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NCAA could adopt a policy like the NFL and NBA , the winners are penalized by having lower draft picks. In college the final four in the football playoff would be allowed 75 players for the next 2 seasons. This would prevent the hoarding of 4 and 5 stars. Of course there would have to be rules to preventing gray shirts and walk-ons.
No. Your solution is to try to make teams worse after they do really good so that other teams can do well without having to deal with the teams that were really good in the few years prior. That's like football socialism.
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The rules would need to be tweeted as Saban figures out ways to get around them.
Tweeting the rules would prevent Saban from getting around them?
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This post was edited on 2/13/21 at 9:06 am
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:03 am to emoryman
Consolidate the P5 into a separate Division under its own oversight (not the NCAA). Play only teams in this division. Set up a rotation were the conferences play each other ala SEC big 10ish challenge.
SEC and ACC play OOC
Big 10 and PAC12
Big 12 and mixed
Next year
SEC and PAC 12
Big 10 and Big 12
ACC and mixed.
Etc
SEC and ACC play OOC
Big 10 and PAC12
Big 12 and mixed
Next year
SEC and PAC 12
Big 10 and Big 12
ACC and mixed.
Etc
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:07 am to Smokeyone
How is that going prevent a few teams from hoarding talent?
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:13 am to emoryman
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How is that going prevent a few teams from hoarding talent?
It's not. People need to face facts: until Saban retires or starts slowing down things are not going to change.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:14 am to emoryman
Roll Tide Raven -- I have a life. Having gone to Emory, a school without football. I have a different perspective .
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:19 am to emoryman
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I have a different perspective
Congrats. No one here likes your perspective.
Find an emory board and solve college football problems there.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:24 am to emoryman
Who are the 5* players who are “Hoarded Talent” at UofA? Sounds like you want to be rewarded for not being the best team. You need to hire a coach who will work as hard as Nick Saban.And can beat his teams.
But that sounds like too much work for teams like LSU, UGA or The Boogs to name a few who want a easy way to the championship.
But that sounds like too much work for teams like LSU, UGA or The Boogs to name a few who want a easy way to the championship.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:27 am to emoryman
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. I have a different perspective .
Not really
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:30 am to RollTide1987
So Georgia has all this talent, overwhelming talent really in the grand scheme, but is interested in competitive balance?
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