Doing a business re-org study for some funky business mgmt class.
Anyway, my topic proposal (which may or may not be approved) is to re-vamp BCS, conf affliations, regular season scheduling, TV revenue, college bowl season,and a host of other business-minded dealings with NCAA football. My idea is that with a little re-org, or business-model tweaking, there can be a system developed that's even better than it is now....
Any competent thoughts to this end would be appreciated..or if you like the system the way it is, those points are also welcomed.
My only constructive complaint of the current system (i have many beligerent opinions but i will refrain for the time being) is that bcs caliber teams who will play in one of the bcs games must have on their schedule at least one top 25 opponent that is out of conference. I am sick and tired of the virginia techs, west virginias, oklahomas, so on and so forth that don't schedule anybody. One of the biggest abusers of this policy just happened to beat us in the 2001 national championship game. To me if you play temple and troy and south dakota mormon college outside of your conference you don't even deserve consideration in a bcs game.
I think sport thrive with a competitive balance. Yes, I am all for capitalism in life but in sports i like level playing fields so:
1. Reduction in scholarship players per team.
2. A portion of each conference television revenue goes towards a NCAA wide pot and then is divied up amongst all teams equally regardless of conference affiliation.
3. D1-AA wins do not count towards bowl eligibility victories
4. Assuming the BCS stays, more points for wins against teams in BCS top 25, and no credit given to wins gainst teams below 90 in BCS standings or something like that to reward quality wins.
5. Elimination of Ohio State and Notre Dame. That would help the world and not just college football.
I strongly agree with canes's post about major schools playing St Mary's Girls Scool for the Blind football team every year.
I have two thought on the "national championship".
First, go back to the nonchampionship bowl games as they were. However, make them all nonaffiliated and just let the teams play. It makes for great fan fodder arguing who's best.
Second, if people demand a true national champion, place all teams into 10-team conferences (including Notre Dame, or they would be ineligible). The teams play all other 9 teams as well as 2 or 3 nonconference teams. The teams with the best conference record will play in designated bowl championship games. To determine who plays in the top bowl games, the best overall record teams go there via a point system. In their nonconference games, a team gets zero points for beating a lower division team, some points for playing a top division team with a losing record (like Rice or Duke) and even more points for a top division team with a winning record.
I completey agree with your 2nd point. Only my idea is put the Top 12 teams in a conference, a so-called SuperConference, into 2 six team divisions. They would have to play each other during the season, plus a list of "regional rivalries." Membership in the SuperConference requires at least 10 wins a yr, so a 9-3 superconference West Va team could play a 9-3 non-superconference team Oklahoma in the GMAC bowl with a spot in next yr's SuperConference on the line. That would generate much more interest in the bowl season as teams jockey for membership in the SC.
Super Duper could include Notre Dame, Ohio St, Auburn, West Virginia, Florida St, Florida. So, West Virginia's regular season division opponents would include Notre Dame, Ohio St, Auburn, FSU, and Florida. WVu's "regional rivalries" could include Va Tech, Penn St, Rutgers, MD, South Carolina, North Carolina teams, Akron, Cincy, Marshall, 'Cuse, Tennessee, UVa, and a host of other teams that I won't bore you with now.
Super Sized could include USC, Texas, LSU, Miami (FL), Louisville, Michigan...So, USC would play these divisional opponents, plus a host of RR teams like Utah, Boise St, Fresno St, Colorado, AZ, AZ St, etc., etc....
Top 2 from each division and top 4 non SC teams play in a modified playoff system.
For example, say ND and Auburn finish 1,2 in Duper. Texas and Miami finish 1, 2 in Sized. Say Nebraska, Penn St, UGa, UCLA are Top non super conf teams, winning at least 10 games in the regular season.
ND plays UCLA in Fort Worth Bowl.
Auburn plays Penn St in Las Vegas Bowl.
Texas plays UGa in Holiday Bowl.
Miami plays Nebraska in Champs Sports Bowl.
Winner of Fort Worth plays winner of Champs Sports in Emerald Nuts Bowl.
Winner of Las Vegas plays Holiday winner in Motor City Bowl.
Winner of Emerald Nuts plays winner of Motor city in one of the BCS bowls.
The other BCS bowls involve 9 win SC teams playing 9 win non-SC teams with a spot in next yr's superconference on the line...
The only issue I have is using bolw games as a set ladder toward a national championship. There should be a fair & reasonable way to determine the top 2 teams via such 'super conferences' and so forth to pretty much know who the top teams are.
