NEC autobid?

[UAalum72]

Report of the Division I Football Championship Committee recommends 24 teams, including all eligible conferences. Still needs final passage, I think.

[sarge965]

Attention Evil Empire

 

Do you still feel the frequent flyer miles are worth it?

 

[danefan]

It would be great if we ended up getting an autobid before the Big South did......but its likely that won't happen. This is just a proposal and I hate to be a pessimist but I don't see it going through very smoothly and if it does it won't happen for a few years. Just my two cents not founded on anything but my gut.

[UAalum72]

It would be great if we ended up getting an autobid before the Big South did......but its likely that won't happen. This is just a proposal

That's what the old guard posters on AGS seem to think. But I'm not so sure this is a legislative proposal. The Competition Cabinet DIRECTED the FB Championship Committee "to develop a plan for providing access to all eligible conferences by the 2008 championship. "

 

Conferences were consulted for this report. This may be a 'policy' decision not requiring legislation.

 

At any rate I don't think the Big South will be eligible for two years after Stony Brook joins.

 

"31.3.4.4.1 Multi-Sport Conference. To be considered eligible for automatic qualification in a particular sport, a multisport member conference must include six core institutions that satisfy continuity-ofmembership. For the purposes of this legislation, core refers to an institution that has been an active member of Division I the eight preceding years. Further, the continuity-of-membership requirement shall be met only if a minimum of six core institutions have conducted conference competition together in Division I the preceding two years in the applicable sport. There shall be no exceptions to the two-year waiting period"

[danefan]

It would be great if we ended up getting an autobid before the Big South did......but its likely that won't happen. This is just a proposal

That's what the old guard posters on AGS seem to think. But I'm not so sure this is a legislative proposal. The Competition Cabinet DIRECTED the FB Championship Committee "to develop a plan for providing access to all eligible conferences by the 2008 championship. "

 

Conferences were consulted for this report. This may be a 'policy' decision not requiring legislation.

 

At any rate I don't think the Big South will be eligible for two years after Stony Brook joins.

 

"31.3.4.4.1 Multi-Sport Conference. To be considered eligible for automatic qualification in a particular sport, a multisport member conference must include six core institutions that satisfy continuity-ofmembership. For the purposes of this legislation, core refers to an institution that has been an active member of Division I the eight preceding years. Further, the continuity-of-membership requirement shall be met only if a minimum of six core institutions have conducted conference competition together in Division I the preceding two years in the applicable sport. There shall be no exceptions to the two-year waiting period"

 

 

It could be interpretted that the Cabinet directed them to develop a plan that wouldn't be "rubber stamped" but instead would just be another proposal.

 

I see both sides and I hope you are right.

[danefan]

Look for some big news this weekend from the NCAA competition committee regarding an expansion of the FCS playoffs. Its not really clear on what the expansion will be or who will benefit from it, but lets cross our fingers that we will!

[Ruler]

I hate to agree with some of the moron's over at AGS, but if the field is expanded I agree that there should be a stipulation that the scholarship minimum's should be raised. Meaning if the NEC is to recieve an AQ the scholarship minmiums should be raised from 30 to 45 like the rumor suggests. That would put NEC teams on par with PL, Big South ETC.

[danefan]

I hate to agree with some of the moron's over at AGS, but if the field is expanded I agree that there should be a stipulation that the scholarship minimum's should be raised. Meaning if the NEC is to recieve an AQ the scholarship minmiums should be raised from 30 to 45 like the rumor suggests. That would put NEC teams on par with PL, Big South ETC.

I'd be fine with that. All I want is some concrete criteria for receiving an auto-bid. If the requirement is 45 rides then the NEC will need to, for lack of a better expression, either "$iena or get off the pot." If the rest of the NEC steps up then we stay for a while. If not, on to another conference.