College Football and scheduling

[gbr93]

 

Anyone else watch this video? What are your thoughts on Joel Klatts ideas? I think he is a pretty well-respected figure in sports but I gotta say I completely disagree with just about everything he said.

 

Also: wasn't sure what thread to put this in so I just put it here. Mods move as you see fit.

[RunMickeyRun02]

Yeah, disagree with about everything. He talks about College football like it's a dying sport or something. The NCAA is swimming around in money like Scrooge McDuck. They have no reason to change things, so they won't.

 

And why play 2 1AA teams?!

 

He also advocates making all the conferences have the same number of teams and teams per division. Good luck getting everyone to go with that.

[gbr93]

I think my biggest disagreement was when he and Cowherd both mentioned the NCAA not having a commissioner for football. Why the hell would they need a commissioner when they have an entire governing body. We all know everyone's thoughts on Gooddell. College football doesn't need that. If NCAA football wanted to become a farm system for the NFL that would be the quickest way to get there.

[RunMickeyRun02]

Yeah, I didn't like that either. The NCAA is very dysfunctional, but like you pointed out Goodell has to be one of the most hated commishes in sports.

[ColoradoHusk]

I like Joel Klatt, and I think he has some great ideas that can help college football. While the thoughts on the above video seem our there, I like the idea of a more balanced scheduling across the major conferences. It's ridiculous that 2 major conferences play only 8 conference games, while the 3 others play 9.

[huskerfan92]

He lost me when he called for Washington to play against teams like Eastern Washington and Portland St...

[Scratchtown]

I think neutral site games shouldn't be a possibility unless its a bowl game. Make the SEC leave the south and in November.