HooahVol
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Just a few things to discuss this off season:
1. Playoff. I think this year proved more than ever that 4 teams is perfect. There was a massive dropoff to the 4th team....adding a 5th or 6th would have further diluted the pool. Also, the break was too long between the playoff and the championship game. The average fan lost interest. And for goodness sake, have the Championship Game on a Saturday night. I guarantee viewership would be up, especially for the second half and people would plan parties around it increasing beer and food sales.
2. Targeting. They really need to look at the penal portion of the rule. I think the call can be made without ejection from the game. You can kick, punch or choke a guy after the play, and will only receive a 15 yard penalty...yet a play during the course of action gets you ejected??? Too penal for my taste.
3. Portal. Like the first time you got your AOL disc to join the internet, somebody was already figuring out how to put porn on there...and make money off of it. The portal is becoming that. D'Eriq King....redshirted (quit) on his team after a few losses so he could save his eligibility and enter the portal. I'm not sure that was the intent. The NCAA either needs to just allow all transfers or enforce their own rules. Right now waivers are inconsistent and frustrating.
4. Conference realignment. Like the portal....money is driving these conferences and I think we start seeing some changes to alignment. Each team is a balance sheet item...if you are a non performing or under performing asset, there will be pressure to cut them loose and look to another asset to fill their place. There are other factors....for say a school like Vanderbilt, who has the Nashville TV market and drastically under performs in TV revenue...but their academic grants and recognition keep them listed as an asset to the SEC. But what about Missouri...similar market...no fringe academic benefit. There profitability analysis would be weak at best. I am not saying I want to see conference re-alignment, I like things just the way they are, I just think they are inevitable.
1. Playoff. I think this year proved more than ever that 4 teams is perfect. There was a massive dropoff to the 4th team....adding a 5th or 6th would have further diluted the pool. Also, the break was too long between the playoff and the championship game. The average fan lost interest. And for goodness sake, have the Championship Game on a Saturday night. I guarantee viewership would be up, especially for the second half and people would plan parties around it increasing beer and food sales.
2. Targeting. They really need to look at the penal portion of the rule. I think the call can be made without ejection from the game. You can kick, punch or choke a guy after the play, and will only receive a 15 yard penalty...yet a play during the course of action gets you ejected??? Too penal for my taste.
3. Portal. Like the first time you got your AOL disc to join the internet, somebody was already figuring out how to put porn on there...and make money off of it. The portal is becoming that. D'Eriq King....redshirted (quit) on his team after a few losses so he could save his eligibility and enter the portal. I'm not sure that was the intent. The NCAA either needs to just allow all transfers or enforce their own rules. Right now waivers are inconsistent and frustrating.
4. Conference realignment. Like the portal....money is driving these conferences and I think we start seeing some changes to alignment. Each team is a balance sheet item...if you are a non performing or under performing asset, there will be pressure to cut them loose and look to another asset to fill their place. There are other factors....for say a school like Vanderbilt, who has the Nashville TV market and drastically under performs in TV revenue...but their academic grants and recognition keep them listed as an asset to the SEC. But what about Missouri...similar market...no fringe academic benefit. There profitability analysis would be weak at best. I am not saying I want to see conference re-alignment, I like things just the way they are, I just think they are inevitable.