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ESPN's take on the failure of the NFL in Jacksonvi...

2009-11-05T20:55:08.420-08:00

ESPN's take on the failure of the NFL in Jacksonville:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&page=hotread8/Jacksonville/Main

The only way that those schools would leave the Co...

2009-11-02T17:09:11.441-08:00

The only way that those schools would leave the Colonial would be if they could play football in the America East, which might happen because they would have enough members of that conference to do it. They could also get more schools to make that move since it would get them out of that monster football conference, not to mention making it easier to get an at-large bid to the AFKA 1-AA playoffs.

I would be shocked if Hofstra returned to the Amer...

2009-11-02T12:28:23.908-08:00

I would be shocked if Hofstra returned to the America East and gave up their CAA afilliation. And yes Fordham and Stonybrook have a ways to go in football but in other sports they would hold their own in the CAA. Interesting idea though.

You are summoning Fleetwood Mac waaaay too much th...

2009-11-02T08:09:25.701-08:00

You are summoning Fleetwood Mac waaaay too much there.

Rumors (and just that): Old Southwest Conferenc...

2009-10-31T10:50:57.470-07:00

Rumors (and just that):

Old Southwest Conference (similar to outlined above):
UT, A&M, Houston, Rice, SMU, TCU, Tech, Baylor with adds of OU, OK State, & Tulsa - UTSA and Texas State are too much of a reach.
With the reemergence of TCU and Houston, the SWC could regain its stature and have 5 Top 20 teams every year. The north division of Big 12 has been rumored to lose one or both Iowa schools and/or Missouri. Colorado to the Pac 10. Nebraska doesn't have the luster it once did.
May be a dream - but I like it.

How many schools still have it?

2009-10-30T09:35:14.285-07:00

How many schools still have it?

Hockey is actually a revenue-generating sport for ...

2009-10-27T17:43:17.923-07:00

Hockey is actually a revenue-generating sport for most of the schools that still have it.

What do you care whether there is college hockey or not? If you don't like it--don't watch it.

You can discuss all of these possibilities, and pr...

2009-10-26T21:15:00.356-07:00

You can discuss all of these possibilities, and probably none of them will ever happen.

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.

Perhaps the Rams, but you have Oakland, Chargers, ...

2009-10-26T16:14:55.011-07:00

Perhaps the Rams, but you have Oakland, Chargers, Minnesota and Jacksonville. I'm so sorry to have to break this but just because an owner says they are not selling or moving a team, it means absolutely nothing. And when you're refinancing debt over $110 million, you have issues to resolve. And ultimately, that resolution could be selling the team.

There's is a big difference between "want" and "need". Weaver does not want to sell the team. But he might have no choice and be need to.

Pac 10 adds Utah, Fresno St or Hawaii, and the nam...

2009-10-25T15:49:50.485-07:00

Pac 10 adds Utah, Fresno St or Hawaii, and the name Pac 10.
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MWC adds Boise St to replace Utah, UTEP, Houston, SMU
MWC Northern Div: Boise St., UNLV, BYU, UNM, AF, CSU, WYO
MWC Southern Div: UTEP, TCU, SMU, Houston, Rice, SDSU
Champ game in Vegas and BCS auto-bid
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WAC/Conference USA:
Picks up North Texas (plays at Cowboys stadium), new football programs at Texas St. & UT San Antonio (will be playing in Alamodome.

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Big 10: Norte Dame or Rutgers (NYC TV marjet & Paterno's pick)

Big East: Norte Dame or BC return or UCF (for USF match up)

LONGEST SHOT:

Texas/OK conference:

Texas, UNT (plays at new cowboys stadium), Houston, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, A&M, UTEP, OU, OK State, UT San Antonio, Texas State, Tulsa

Champ game rotates: AlamoDome, New Cowboys Stadium

TV markets: Dallas, Houston, Austin-San Antonio, El Paso-Las Cruces, all of Oklahoma.

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.

Jags owner said himself he is not selling or movin...

2009-10-24T23:13:49.505-07:00

Jags owner said himself he is not selling or moving the Jags so you can count them out.... Let's get the Rams back baby...

Well Anonymous...how about filling us in on some o...

2009-10-24T13:59:07.272-07:00

Well Anonymous...how about filling us in on some of these details. We're talking about a team that continues to have blackouts, reduced their asking price for stadium naming rights after failing in 2008, covers up more seats JUST to avoid even MORE blackouts, and an owner that has had to refinance over $110 million in debt just to stay afloat. If Weaver sells the team and that buyer wants to move it, they will move. It's that simple. The buyout costs are minimal at this point and only lower over time. A $100 million stadium buyout is less than what a new owner would make in 1 year moving from market #46 t0 market #2.

I'm curious "Anonymous" what other facts has anyone failed to read? Because the ultimate fact is straightforward: if Weaver sells team and that owner wants to move, they will move.

Jags are not able to move, do your research before...

2009-10-24T11:25:34.220-07:00

Jags are not able to move, do your research before you run your mouth and think you know everything

Stony Brook and Fordham are not ready to compete a...

2009-10-23T21:41:53.419-07:00

Stony Brook and Fordham are not ready to compete at the CAA level. As to the two northern members of the CAA - Northeastern and Hofstra - words on the street is that Hofstra would consider a return to the American East. At that point, Northeastern is probably done with the CAA.

Also, Northeastern has entertained the thought of dropping football.

At 8 and 8, the CAA is as stable as the last 16 super conference.

I'm still trying to figure out how anyone in their...

2009-10-23T14:45:22.967-07:00

I'm still trying to figure out how anyone in their right mind would want to move an NFL team to California since the state has out of control taxes, massive, record setting debt, and people fleeing the state to leave the high taxes and over grown Government. I don't see a financial gain for an NFL moving to L.A.

This could serve as a Meadowlands-type of stadium....

2009-10-23T11:36:11.113-07:00

This could serve as a Meadowlands-type of stadium. They could get two teams if this actually gets built. It would probably be the Chargers, if they are not already gone, and then it opens up to many different teams, including the Vikings, Jaguars, perhaps the Rams, Bills, and others. The 49ers are not leaving San Francisco. That is just leverage. The Raiders might leave, though. Every area that has two teams should only have one stadium, however. This is California politics at its finest, or worst, depending on how you view it.

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.

Not quite

2009-10-23T11:27:02.406-07:00

Not quite

MWC adds UTEP, Boise and Fresno (C-USA takes La Te...

2009-10-21T20:26:16.385-07:00

MWC adds UTEP, Boise and Fresno (C-USA takes La Tech. to replace UTEP)
New MWC:
Mtn Div: NM, AF, CSU, WYO, UTEP, TCU
Wst Div: BYU, UT, UNLV, SDSU, Fres, Boise
Champ game in Phoenix.

Guranteed BCS bid.

College hockey should be eliminated in the United ...

2009-10-12T21:01:52.835-07:00

College hockey should be eliminated in the United States.

With the sky rocketing taxes in California, the st...

2009-10-06T22:59:28.295-07:00

With the sky rocketing taxes in California, the state near bankruptcy, and many people leaving the state due to the high taxes, why would anyone in their right mind want to move their NFL team to Los Angeles?

Jaguars and Vikings seem like the most likely to m...

2009-10-05T16:16:38.324-07:00

Jaguars and Vikings seem like the most likely to move to LA.

Here's another point: if the state court in Minnesota rules that the NFL effectively cannot enforce their drug policies, that might be another straw that might get them to stop doing business in Minnesota.

They might start thinking about offering scholarsh...

2009-10-04T15:51:10.249-07:00

They might start thinking about offering scholarships soon, and that might get them better players.