Emmert tells Big 12 officials he’s open to another subdivision

[Cali_domer]

NCAA president Mark Emmert has taken a lot of heat over the past year — and justifiably so — but he has been open to such issues as recruiting deregulation and further splitting up the levels of college football.

Of course, his job is to be open and listen to his membership. And listening is what Emmert said he’d do while visiting with Big 12 officials on Wednesday when it came to the topic of a possible new subdivision in college athletics — one that is geared toward the five power conferences.

From the Houston Chronicle:

Some have speculated the fourth subdivision would include teams from the five power football conferences.

Emmert conceded that the idea could work within the NCAA’s current framework but ultimately will have to be decided by its member institutions.

“That’s not my decision,” he said. “That’s the members’ decision. And I hope they look at it. I think it would be healthy and the right thing to do.”

Emmert conceded that the biggest issues facing his organization include a growing economic disparity across the Football Bowl Subdivision, particularly among those institutions with huge budget differences from smaller schools outside the big conferences. UT led all NCAA schools with $163.3 million in athletic revenue in 2012. Louisiana-Monroe had the smallest athletic revenue among FBS schools with $11.3 million.

As it stands today, schools like UT and ULM vote for and follow the same rules, yet their respective athletic departments operate on opposite ends of spectrum. Should the same rules, or even the possibility of new implementations like additional athlete compensation, apply to two entirely different programs?

Those are questions the NCAA’s membership will ultimately have to figure out answers to, and it’s no secret Emmert is willing to go in either direction.

Whether an additional split with an entirely new governing structure happens sooner or later — if it happens — it seems far more likely than a complete break from the NCAA. If nothing else, the Big Ten’s stink about recruiting deregulation shows there are plenty of powerful people in college athletics who still feel they need the NCAA.

Emmert tells Big 12 officials he’s open to another subdivision | CollegeFootballTalk

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Emmert tells Big 12 officials he’s open to another subdivision | CollegeFootballTalk

Bunch of "Lip Service" IMO. Nothing will happen here as there is too much to be made and the "Big Boys" aren't going to let their yearly Patsies get out of Dodge just yet. The likes of the SEC and Big Integer thrive on playing lesser competition... They're the one's who will block this movement. Myself, I'm all for it. Time for EVERYONE to play a legitimate schedule. Then you'll have a true (or as close as you can get to it) National Champion.....IF a playoff system is in place.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Bunch of "Lip Service" IMO. Nothing will happen here as there is too much to be made and the "Big Boys" aren't going to let their yearly Patsies get out of Dodge just yet. The likes of the SEC and Big Integer thrive on playing lesser competition... They're the one's who will block this movement. Myself, I'm all for it. Time for EVERYONE to play a legitimate schedule. Then you'll have a true (or as close as you can get to it) National Champion.....IF a playoff system is in place.

I couldn't agree more. The schedules some of these teams play are pathetic.

 

[NDWorld247]

It's inevitable. Not a question of if, but when, and Enmert is smart to support it. He knows it's coming with or without the NCAA's oversight and wants to do what he can to ensure it falls under the NCAA, even though it's unlikely he'll be employed by the NCAA when it does come to fruitition.

When the time comes, do you guys think this could force ND to join a conference? All it would take is the five power conferences (via the NCAA) to say you need to be in a conference to be part of this subdivision. What leverage does ND have to ensure this doesn't happen?

 

[Kak7304]

It's inevitable. Not a question of if, but when, and Enmert is smart to support it. He knows it's coming with or without the NCAA's oversight and wants to do what he can to ensure it falls under the NCAA, even though it's unlikely he'll be employed by the NCAA when it does come to fruitition.

When the time comes, do you guys think this could force ND to join a conference? All it would take is the five power conferences (via the NCAA) to say you need to be in a conference to be part of this subdivision. What leverage does ND have to ensure this doesn't happen?

Whenever this stuff happens, they always manage to make exceptions for us and I don't see that changing.

 

[kmoose]

“That’s not my decision,” he said. “That’s the members’ decision. And I hope they look at it. I think it would be healthy and the right thing to do.”

Excellent idea. Let the big boys completely drop all pretenses of caring about educating kids. Let them turn college football into a professional farm system for the NFL. Splendid idea!!

 

[ACamp1900]

I couldn't agree more. The schedules some of these teams play are pathetic.

Especially when you consider that many of these weak schedules are considered top twenty five schedules because the rankings systems are what they are...

 

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