Quote:The point is that it would make it worse. At least now they have to try to not get caught.


If they allowed this, then they should create a whole other league with only the biggest schools.


Bye bye Vanderbilt

 

Well we are moving in that direction anyways.  If you arent in a power conference, you may/will get left behind.  We'll essentially have two classes of D1-A football. Power conference teams and mid major.  Followed by the 1-AA teams. 

 

I will say there is something nice about the Ivy League teams.  You know they arent competing at an elite level in football but they truly do have student-athletes.  And can have success in the other sports such as basketball if you have the right coach/system in place.  As a Vandy grad, if you told me in 15 years, we'd be in a "Southern Oak League" along with the likes of Georgia Tech, Duke, Rice, UVA, etc... elite level southern schools, I dont know that I would be opposed to that.  Even if we became non-scholarship in football.  They could form their own basketball league/network similar to the Big East.  And along with booster donations could continue to have high caliber basketball teams.  And with the recruiting base, I dont see baseball suffering much.  Its only football that would be reduced to a more 1-AA level.

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