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Post by gopheryote on Nov 22, 2021 17:47:13 GMT -6
I would propose this to solve the budgets for travel:
All auto-qualifier teams get homefield. They are either seeded (top 8) so they get one anyway, or they get to host on the first weekend.
1) Let's be honest, the teams that have to be budget conscience are not from multi-bid leagues like MVFC or Big Sky. The multi-bid conferences generally have the resources, so let them bear the expense (if they don't win their conference).
2) Putting a higher priority on winning your conference is good for the regular season interest in games in multi-bid leagues.
3) Also, semi-finals are played in a single neutral field on the same day. Ex - Target field game 1 @ 2:00, game 2 @ 7:00. Homefield advantage is too big of an advantage to be granted by a committee - and leads to things like NDSU's run. Plus, that Final Four day would seem to be a solid revenue generator (tickets and TV).
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Post by Yote 53 on Nov 22, 2021 20:45:00 GMT -6
Giving an automatic home game to some of those conferences is a non-starter. The Pioneer deserves a home playoff game? No way.
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 22, 2021 20:45:30 GMT -6
Agreed
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Post by gopheryote on Nov 22, 2021 21:19:49 GMT -6
Giving an automatic home game to some of those conferences is a non-starter. The Pioneer deserves a home playoff game? No way. To be clear, I never said they "deserved" a home game. But the highest bidder doesn't "deserve" a home game either. Just noting an easy bridge to end regionalization, which, along with the bidding process, is a huge negative to what is an otherwise great playoff system. |
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Post by Yotes on Nov 22, 2021 21:34:50 GMT -6
I demand someone create an FBS equivalent of this situation because there would be hell to pay if Bama/Georgia had to play a few more SEC games on their way to playing like Utah or something for the title.
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Post by easmus on Nov 22, 2021 21:50:46 GMT -6
I don’t think the travel has anything to do with the school’s budgets. I am pretty sure the NCAA pays for the travel, which is why they want to reduce travel to as many bus trips as possible. I am not saying that I agree, but am thinking that’s what they do. Because the bracket barely makes money, they must be budget conscious.
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Post by fightsd on Nov 27, 2021 16:27:49 GMT -6
Watching state play UC Davis is just convincing me that even the Big Sky is not even close to the MVFC. The valley should get 6 bids every year no matter what.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 28, 2021 9:43:12 GMT -6
Watching state play UC Davis is just convincing me that even the Big Sky is not even close to the MVFC. The valley should get 6 bids every year no matter what. Agreed on the 6 bids. How about we spread them out next time? |
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Post by fightsd on Nov 28, 2021 11:32:04 GMT -6
Watching state play UC Davis is just convincing me that even the Big Sky is not even close to the MVFC. The valley should get 6 bids every year no matter what. Agreed on the 6 bids. How about we spread them out next time? Bingo. |
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Post by easmus on Nov 28, 2021 11:33:21 GMT -6
Sam Houston State and James Madison going FBS is only going to make the MVFC more dominant in FCS.
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Post by fightsd on Nov 28, 2021 11:41:11 GMT -6
Sam Houston State and James Madison going FBS is only going to make the MVFC more dominant in FCS. Right. Nobody is going to fill that void either. Their respective conferences are going to become more competitive, but the level of play will have gone way down |
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Post by gopheryote on Nov 28, 2021 12:41:53 GMT -6
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Post by gopheryote on Nov 28, 2021 12:46:30 GMT -6
I would propose this to solve the budgets for travel: All auto-qualifier teams get homefield. They are either seeded (top 8) so they get one anyway, or they get to host on the first weekend. 1) Let's be honest, the teams that have to be budget conscience are not from multi-bid leagues like MVFC or Big Sky. The multi-bid conferences generally have the resources, so let them bear the expense (if they don't win their conference). 2) Putting a higher priority on winning your conference is good for the regular season interest in games in multi-bid leagues. 3) Also, semi-finals are played in a single neutral field on the same day. Ex - Target field game 1 @ 2:00, game 2 @ 7:00. Homefield advantage is too big of an advantage to be granted by a committee - and leads to things like NDSU's run. Plus, that Final Four day would seem to be a solid revenue generator (tickets and TV). I disagree with Herder. My suggestion would be to end the season 1 week earlier. The first round of playoffs would be the weekend before Thanksgiving - still a short time frame to sell tickets to games no one was expecting, but at least it is doable. Then the Thanksgiving weekend games are at the seeded/hosted sites, where they will have 2 weeks to prepare/sell tickets to fans that were largely expecting to be playing the 2nd round anyway.
(I do not believe that the issue is Thanksgiving weekend, but rather the timing of the playoffs. Minnesota, Michigan, OK St., etc. had no problems filling their stadiums this weekend - but the fans knew it was coming and had time to make/adjust plans.)
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 28, 2021 12:53:28 GMT -6
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Post by Yotes on Nov 28, 2021 14:31:42 GMT -6
Season ticket seats must not have been released to the general public. There were so many empty seats in my area. Probably would have been good for the atmosphere if fans were in them instead of in the upper rows.
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