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Pandemic Sabbatical Project Challenges NCAA and Power 5 - Florida tribe fan - 08-06-2020 07:17 PM
Southern, mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern mid-major/FCS commissioners and athletic directors emerged today from a two week lockdown in the nuclear bunker at the Greenbrier. Unnamed sources indicate the event was spearheaded by the CAA at the insistence of Wm & Mary. Funding was provided by the American Hotel and Lodging Association and Beer Institute out of a belief that, going forward, college athletic conferences with tighter geographic footprints and better rivalries would result in higher football and basketball game attendance and be good for business.
Participants reportedly checked hand held electronic devices upon entry to avoid being distracted by an uncommon amount of horsh being strewn from the NCAA and Power 5 this summer. One AD was heard to comment that it was high time for someone else to shovel what was being left at the end of that whole Rocky and Bullwinkle parade.
The sources reported that participants gravitated into two groups -- the lucid and the delusional. Members of the lucid group were apprehensive that revenues from a variety of past sources -- ticket sales, media revenues, donors, and student activity fees -- were far from guaranteed going forward. The delusional group was of a mind that 2021 - 2022 revenues would automatically return to 2018 - 2019 levels. One AD from the lucid group said the division was exacerbated because the delusional group insisted on clinging to an image of what programs used to be. She indicated it was as if Patrick Ewing was still wearing a uniform and not a suit at Georgetown, Stephen Curry's jersey still read Wildcats, and Richmond was still in the sweet sixteen...every year.
After several days the delusional group reportedly retired to a bar that had been set up and discussed previous NCAA and conference tournaments. The lucid group got down to the business of reorganizing in a fiscally responsible manner. Sources said the results of a proposed reorganization of east coast leagues would be announced within weeks. When asked about NCAA regulations that inhibit reorganization and formation of new conferences, one AD responded "God didn't hand the damn things down on a tablet to Moses. It's time they were changed."
When contacted for comment NCAA President Mark Emmert's response was that "everything was on the table as long as our salaries aren't affected."
The above is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed above are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Then again, maybe they shouldn't be.
RE: Pandemic Sabbatical Project Challenges NCAA and Power 5 - Florida tribe fan - 09-06-2020 10:24 AM
(08-06-2020 07:17 PM)Florida tribe fan Wrote: Southern, mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern mid-major/FCS commissioners and athletic directors emerged today from a two week lockdown in the nuclear bunker at the Greenbrier. Unnamed sources indicate the event was spearheaded by the CAA at the insistence of Wm & Mary. Funding was provided by the American Hotel and Lodging Association and Beer Institute out of a belief that, going forward, college athletic conferences with tighter geographic footprints and better rivalries would result in higher football and basketball game attendance and be good for business.
Participants reportedly checked hand held electronic devices upon entry to avoid being distracted by an uncommon amount of horsh being strewn from the NCAA and Power 5 this summer. One AD was heard to comment that it was high time for someone else to shovel what was being left at the end of that whole Rocky and Bullwinkle parade.
The sources reported that participants gravitated into two groups -- the lucid and the delusional. Members of the lucid group were apprehensive that revenues from a variety of past sources -- ticket sales, media revenues, donors, and student activity fees -- were far from guaranteed going forward. The delusional group was of a mind that 2021 - 2022 revenues would automatically return to 2018 - 2019 levels. One AD from the lucid group said the division was exacerbated because the delusional group insisted on clinging to an image of what programs used to be. She indicated it was as if Patrick Ewing was still wearing a uniform and not a suit at Georgetown, Stephen Curry's jersey still read Wildcats, and Richmond was still in the sweet sixteen...every year.
After several days the delusional group reportedly retired to a bar that had been set up and discussed previous NCAA and conference tournaments. The lucid group got down to the business of reorganizing in a fiscally responsible manner. Sources said the results of a proposed reorganization of east coast leagues would be announced within weeks. When asked about NCAA regulations that inhibit reorganization and formation of new conferences, one AD responded "God didn't hand the damn things down on a tablet to Moses. It's time they were changed."
When contacted for comment NCAA President Mark Emmert's response was that "everything was on the table as long as our salaries aren't affected."
The above is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed above are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Then again, maybe they shouldn't be.
At a press availability on the heels of Wm & Mary announcing it was discontinuing seven intercollegiate sports, a Richmond Times Dispatch reporter opined that College statements associated with the athletic department habitually make use of "bold" and "boldly" in describing its strategy and vision, but this move might be perceived by many as mostly thumb in the dike, aggravate a good many stakeholders, and not actually materially address revenue challenges. The reporter went on to ask whether the cuts were preparatory to some bigger strategy changes for Tribe athletics.
College leaders acknowledged that for many years they have been coloring inside the lines of a coloring book that has become outdated. They also confessed that they had been using "conference peers" as a throwaway phrase. The reporter asked for clarification and College leaders said we compete in a conference where for the most part our enrollment numbers and academics don't match those of other members. Furthermore, we compete in a league where numerous members don't play FCS football. Going forward we think that it's important that fellow conference members are in sync with us in at least two out of those three categories and are much more compressed geographically than in our present arrangement. College leaders went on to say we are also working to find the best fit for remaining non-revenue sports.
The reporter asked how far behind the scenes planning had progressed, but College leaders declined to comment.
The above is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed above are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Then again, maybe they shouldn't be.