364 days ago, as we know, the Supreme Court ended amateurism.
And last year, various sports institutions other than the NCAA itself generally took a wait-and-see approach. When a structure of more than 100 years suddenly disappears in a wave of external change, it is an understandable reaction. No one wants to spend time strengthening a dead system. Few people dare to risk building a new system if they are very uncertain about what is allowed and who will participate.
Instead, we got a lot of comments about what should happen, a lot of vague suggestions that are probably being discussed, and half-hearted ideas that may or may not be possible.
Later this week, Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff will be attending a commissioner meeting with all other FBS conferences. Chief in the topic, Every interview with athletics?Governance structure of the whole sport itself:
“I’ve talked to some FBS Commissioners and I’m amazed at the unanimous support for the idea among those who have discussed removing football rulemaking and football rule enforcement from the NCAA. 10 (FBS) Invest in an organization run by the Conference. “
The collapse of the NCAA model, far from new, is that the needs and desires of 131 FBS schools may differ from more than 350 D1 schools and hundreds of other subordinate NCAA schools. Means that the institution has a large opening to exert its power and remain standing to leave behind all other schools that have nothing in common with college athletics that generate income. (Read the meeting).
Of course, this kind of change naturally leads to big problems. Who will be included in the new governance structure and how will power be shared? A list of obvious questions that came to my mind in about 30 seconds:
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Will the G5 Conference gain as much power and influence as the P5 School, or will it strongly strengthen the rules that solidify its fame for the P5 School?
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Does the FCS school take conversation into account?
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What’s happening at Notre Dame? Is it okay for everyone to be an ACC school?
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Does this group pretend to care about basketball as a profitable sport or any other Olympic sport?
If no one even knows what the decision-making process will look like in the near future, it’s difficult to deal with more basic and mundane questions (for example, some kind of tweaking to transfer rules). Understanding is a bit important.
Perhaps the NCAA is stalling to continue to function as a decision-making body for all these schools, but says that entities with the power to exercise by the SEC are interested in listening to DIII school issues. Is hard to imagine.
However, it is also true that the P5 conference cannot reach an agreement on the playoff structure of college football, let alone the comprehensive governance structure. Big-10 and SEC are natural rivals as they are the two richest conferences. Pac-12 and ACC don’t want to power B1G and SEC anymore. Big-12 is suspicious of everyone else because he continues to poach the school. It’s hard to find a compromise when everyone is trying to maximize their income.
I don’t expect any news about the destruction of the planet this week. But at some point, important decisions will be made, especially regarding the future of football and college athletics. If you’re worried about either direction, it’s a good idea to pay attention this week as the meeting is still working on it.
