- Aug 31, 2014
- 1,304
- 1,848
Not sure if anyone saw this but the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate athletics just notified the NCAA that they are going to examine new models to restructure college sports. Per the press release "citing the challenges created by the “highly commercialized environment” for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football and some NCAA Division I sports, particularly men’s basketball."
The Knight Commission is an influential body and probably another pre-cursor of a soon to be changing college football structure. I kinda like the idea of a new division managed outside the NCAA with a commissioner that can act swiftly and consistently on these infractions, exceptions, whatever. Force some standardized scheduling. Any opinions or ideas if one were starting over in the college football landscape (P5 only)?
In an appearance last week at a Sports Business Journal conference in New York, Duncan offered some restructuring ideas that might be explored. For example, big-revenue athletics programs might be placed in a new division or organized and managed outside of the NCAA.
“Just let them play by a different set of rules – and be upfront about it and be honest about it,” said Duncan, the former U.S. Secretary of Education.
The existing structure of the NCAA “works extraordinarily well for 95, 96, 97 percent of students and schools,” Duncan said, but he warned that in Division I revenue sports, the relentless quest for more dollars has driven things “absolutely out of whack, and the best interests of students has been lost.”
The Knight Commission is an influential body and probably another pre-cursor of a soon to be changing college football structure. I kinda like the idea of a new division managed outside the NCAA with a commissioner that can act swiftly and consistently on these infractions, exceptions, whatever. Force some standardized scheduling. Any opinions or ideas if one were starting over in the college football landscape (P5 only)?