Interesting thought concerning the NCAA

[EagleDawg97]

Was reading on another board that this Covid 19 situation may embolden the SEC and other P5 schools to make their break from the NCAA. The thought is the P5 Schools will be the best position financially to deal with the massive income home this virus will leave on basketball and baseball. Some smaller G5 schools may financially struggle to overcome this, specifically those smaller schools that frequent the march madness tourney.

What are your thoughts, Could this spell the end of the NCAA?

 

[PineGroveBully]

I hadn’t read it anywhere but the same thought crossed my mind late last week

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Missing out on spring sports probably saves the small schools money. No clue the financial impact of missing the tournament, but I doubt 1 team in for 1 or two games at most brings much money to the conference. Didn’t most small conferences already complete their conference tournament? Seems like they always end before the P5 get started.

 

[8dog]

We will just get another ncaa run solely by the p5.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

I certainly think that is where it was headed before COVID-19, but this may put it on the fast track.

Outside of athletics, there are going to be many small schools that struggle to survive during this. Depending on how long this lingers, the whole landscape of higher ed, academics and athletics, is gong to look different.

 

[EagleDawg97]

Another thing to consider is during this we will be teaching basically the entire student body of every college how to make an online only curriculum work. Some would have avoided this until this virus forces them to do so. It is probably safe to say some may never step foot back on campus after they learn that that can get their degree in their parents basement while in their underwear.

college enrollment may look different after this.

 

[dawglawz]

This time with blackjack and hookers. Well, more hookers.

 

[EagleDawg97]

I read where Dayton was poised to be a 1 or 2 seed for the A10 conference. This is said to cost their conference around 6 million dollars over the next 6 years. I would think that would be a massive revenue loss to a conference like the A10.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Completely agree. This could make us evaluate and change all kinds of "societal norms".

 

[PineGroveBully]

I’ll tell you another big sports change you could see due to Covid19, shorter NBA and MLB seasons going forward. They don’t want to turn loose of money but they may find that they are fresher and don’t get near as injured in a shorter season allowing them to get another cpl years out of their bodies. Owners don’t like fewer games the remaining games will have a premium on them as they’ll mean more which in turn will turn up fan interest and excitement which will help the tv contracts helping make up for the loss of revenue from a shortened season.

 

[missouridawg]

I’ll tell you another big sports change you could see due to Covid19, shorter NBA and MLB seasons going forward. They don’t want to turn loose of money but they may find that they are fresher and don’t get near as injured in a shorter season allowing them to get another cpl years out of their bodies. Owners don’t like fewer games the remaining games will have a premium on them as they’ll mean more which in turn will turn up fan interest and excitement which will help the tv contracts helping make up for the loss of revenue from a shortened season.

There is a very vocal owner in the NBA who wants to stop starting the NBA season in the height of football season... and would rather see a December - August schedule. I could see this coming to light, as it would avoid most of the college football hoopla of late October and November, as competition.

 

[PineGroveBully]

I could see that happening

 

[Thirty-Two Dive]

Another thing to consider is during this we will be teaching basically the entire student body of every college how to make an online only curriculum work. Some would have avoided this until this virus forces them to do so. It is probably safe to say some may never step foot back on campus after they learn that that can get their degree in their parents basement while in their underwear.

college enrollment may look different after this.

I think UF uses online education, in creative ways. There is just a side benefit to keeping their university campus resources from being overtaxed, while still collecting tuition: Using a version of their online program to fudge your entering freshman student statistics, by choosing who you "admit" on campus as freshman.

Imagine if State was in such demand, it could put its bottom 15-25% of students into a different online program for a couple of years, while letting them use non academic facilities on campus, then let them transfer on campus after two years. Think how good State's freshman class would improve on paper, in terms of entering GPA, test scores, and retention? State would shoot up the US News rankings. ;-)

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Why will it cost them money over the next 6 years?

 

[mstateglfr]

Why will it cost them money over the next 6 years?

NCAA tournament payouts are spaced out. When a bunch of teams left the big east a handful of years ago, the financial break up was a shitshow because of this. Schools leaving wanted money they had earned but hadn't yet been paid. The conference and remaining schools wanted to keep money that would be paid to the conference.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Thanks, but why would the teams/conferences agree to this? Is it the networks or NCAA holding the money for so long?