Change coming?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:34 pm
How will this affect FBS and FCS realignment?
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No. This is not good news for smaller schools like us. This is just the initial movement toward a "cost-of-attendance" type scholarship system.Skjellyfetti wrote:Easier to fund going from 63 scholarships to 80. Also spreads the talent around among non-BCS schools. This is good news for everyone but the BCS conference schools. (if it happens)
Not so sure about that....DJH wrote:No. This is not good news for smaller schools like us. This is just the initial movement toward a "cost-of-attendance" type scholarship system.Skjellyfetti wrote:Easier to fund going from 63 scholarships to 80. Also spreads the talent around among non-BCS schools. This is good news for everyone but the BCS conference schools. (if it happens)
This is all about the select few big-time BCS schools in football and basketball, and finding a way for them to pay their athletes. It will only serve to further enlarge the gap between them and us.
Obviously if a school cannot afford to provide as many full cost-of-attendance scholarships as it wants, it will suffer competitively. How much depends on how short a school falls in this regard. For instance, if a school determines it can afford additional cost for nine basketball student-athletes on both teams, that covers a normal rotation, and the reserves will only receive a full grant-in-aid. A school might be able to remain competitive in that case. But if it cannot afford them at all, it recruits from a significant disadvantage.
The greatest impact is likely to be felt in Division I’s middle class: FBS schools out of the BCS conferences and the FCS. They will have the largest additional scholarship bills to meet, with comparitively low revenue to meet them. And underrated winners will be non-football departments like Gonzaga and Xavier, with strong revenue but not the massive additional expense of football.