Transfer Portal

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

NDSU attracts talent
Talent wants to climb
To some extent, the answer is to elevate the program, despite those that want to hold it back

[thunderingherd]

Rules exist and its the NCAAs job to enforce them. There is blantant cheating and tampering going on and you're making excuses for it. If a billion industry cant regulate their members, its intentional. Every other industry on the planet that operates in all 50 states has compliance people. Fast food, banks, car dealerships, insurance companies, etc. A good first step would be to set rules with defined consequenses. If they wanted to, they could probably hire 100 people for the entire cost of the FCS playoffs and its chump change to them

If I read that correctly, you just answered your own questions. They don't want to open that door. It's running just how they want it to run.

[SDbison]

So if the NCAA continues to represent only the big schools (i.e. P5 FBS), what would prevent the other schools from breaking off and forming their own organization? With NIL, transfer portal and all the big TV contacts the P5 are making a laughing stock of all the small schools and athletes who participate in them. Destroying the integrity of small school teams and making their sports into development leagues.

[Hammerhead]

So if the NCAA continues to represent only the big schools (i.e. P5 FBS), what would prevent the other schools from breaking off and forming their own organization? With NIL, transfer portal and all the big TV contacts the P5 are making a laughing stock of all the small schools and athletes who participate in them. Destroying the integrity of small school teams and making their sports into development leagues.

Money. Some of the $billions from March Madness trickles down to D-II/D-III and it seems like there are a few conferences in D-I who have no desire to be competitive on the national scene in any sport and are only D-I because they get a bigger piece of the pie than lower divisions.

[NDSU_grad]

So if the NCAA continues to represent only the big schools (i.e. P5 FBS), what would prevent the other schools from breaking off and forming their own organization? With NIL, transfer portal and all the big TV contacts the P5 are making a laughing stock of all the small schools and athletes who participate in them. Destroying the integrity of small school teams and making their sports into development leagues.

The NAIA already exists. I doubt any schools will be clamoring to join that association though.

[NDSU92]

If I read that correctly, you just answered your own questions. They don't want to open that door. It's running just how they want it to run.

Many still operate on this romantic idea that the NCAA is this independent organization that has the student athletes' best interests in mind. In all reality it's the powerful schools that generate the money running the show and everyone else is either too scared to disrupt status quo or is just fine sitting fat and happy raking in the scraps.

[NDSU92]

Money. Some of the $billions from March Madness trickles down to D-II/D-III and it seems like there are a few conferences in D-I who have no desire to be competitive on the national scene in any sport and are only D-I because they get a bigger piece of the pie than lower divisions.

Big schools would love it if the smaller schools voluntarily stopped leeching off their big tourneys and went their own way. The only reason they don't kick them out themselves is that they'd be fighting court battles for a decade if they did.

[Mr Meaty]

The NAIA already exists. I doubt any schools will be clamoring to join that association though.

I am a Bison fans but live in Jamestown. You should go a NAIA game sometime (at least in Jamestown). The crowd is into it. Players are up and down the court with a lot of action going around. Also Mason Walters (Jamestown's own product) is great to watch play. He is U of J all-time leading scorer and rebounder. 6'9" strong and smart player. Uses his body well for position. Will shot the 3 if needed but loves the inside game.

[Bisonguy]

Many still operate on this romantic idea that the NCAA is this independent organization that has the student athletes' best interests in mind. In all reality it's the powerful schools that generate the money running the show and everyone else is either too scared to disrupt status quo or is just fine sitting fat and happy raking in the scraps.

Could you please program that into Herdbot's algorithm?

[Bisonguy]

Rules exist and its the NCAAs job to enforce them. There is blantant cheating and tampering going on and you're making excuses for it. If a billion industry cant regulate their members, its intentional. Every other industry on the planet that operates in all 50 states has compliance people. Fast food, banks, car dealerships, insurance companies, etc. A good first step would be to set rules with defined consequenses. If they wanted to, they could probably hire 100 people for the entire cost of the FCS playoffs and its chump change to them

It's almost like those in charge of the NCAA (stay with me here, it's not some group of unbiased regulators- IT'S THE MEMBER SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BENEFIT) are OK with this.

There's plenty of cheating that's been going on for decades already with grades, PEDs, etc. How is this any different?

Let the free market work. I'm fine with it.

This is from the NCAA site:

WHO MAKES THE RULES?
Member representatives serve on committees that propose rules and policies surrounding college sports. Members ultimately decide which rules to adopt – everything from recruiting and compliance to academics and championships – and implement them on campus.


WHAT DOES THE NATIONAL OFFICE DO?
The 500 employees at the NCAA’s Indianapolis headquarters interpret and support member legislation, run all championships and manage programs that benefit student-athletes.