tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post2317760998973567410..comments2023-11-02T12:10:41.494-04:00Comments on Awful Announcing: Could The Current Economic Crisis Trickle Down To The NCAA Tournament?DeROKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989933780728785428noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-21939862711444625862008-09-18T23:08:00.000-04:002008-09-18T23:08:00.000-04:00@jg - the difference is that the NCAA does not pay...@jg - the difference is that the NCAA does not pay the travel costs for teams playing in bowl games. The bowls do. If there were a NCAA playoff, the NCAA would then be paying the travel costs.Christopher Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918413523036595356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-44279375530749406282008-09-18T21:33:00.000-04:002008-09-18T21:33:00.000-04:00As for the comments about a I-A playoff, what is t...As for the comments about a I-A playoff, what is the difference between an East Coast team flying to CA or AZ for a bowl game or a playoff game. <BR/><BR/>The "traditionalists" will just use this as an excuse to delay a playoff.<BR/><BR/>The travel cost issue affected the mens D1 lacrosse championship this past spring, because the selection comittee had to seed teams based on only one team havingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-2169294920202402092008-09-18T21:03:00.000-04:002008-09-18T21:03:00.000-04:00If travel costs have risen so high, then why does ...If travel costs have risen so high, then why does the Great West Conference whose member schools are located in the Dakotas, Texas, and New Jersey continue to exist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-17099161034707098282008-09-18T16:12:00.000-04:002008-09-18T16:12:00.000-04:00If the NCAA can just focus more on keeping teams r...If the NCAA can just focus more on keeping teams regional, than this marginal issue could become a non-issue.GMoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629846751680840539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-72710572622244382092008-09-18T15:38:00.000-04:002008-09-18T15:38:00.000-04:00Like I said, you don't ever need to have more than...Like I said, you don't ever need to have more than one site west of the Rockies...not to mention that doing so skews the actual bracketing (like when Montana was a 12 so they could play Nevada in Salt Lake City)...then again, this is the NCAA...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-11018166944875784492008-09-18T15:19:00.000-04:002008-09-18T15:19:00.000-04:00Yeah I'm with you Anon....that's why the N.I.T. co...Yeah I'm with you Anon....that's why the N.I.T. costs so little to put on. It's great that different venues get to put on games but they shouldn't hurt the integrity of the Dance if they can easily move things around.Awful Announcing-https://www.blogger.com/profile/02512793293145554219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-44406159149518418122008-09-18T15:17:00.000-04:002008-09-18T15:17:00.000-04:00For starters, they could be more geographically aw...For starters, they could be more geographically aware in their selection of first-second round sites...Spokane? Boise? Tampa? Miami?<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the West doesn't traditionally produce four bona fide teams worthy of "hosting" their own pods...Either re-vamp the geographic layout of the "pods" or just allow the 1-4 seeds to play first-second round games on their home courts...it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-35498908063783561362008-09-18T15:10:00.000-04:002008-09-18T15:10:00.000-04:00Since the NCAA receives about $500 million in righ...Since the NCAA receives about $500 million in rights fees from CBS *EVERY* year for *JUST* the NCAA men's basketball tournament, something tells me they can afford the $7.2 million increase in travel costs. Now, how about salaries for the players? They're slave labor in this dirty business!<BR/><BR/>Peter BrownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-63694841957844570272008-09-18T14:41:00.000-04:002008-09-18T14:41:00.000-04:00Big props for putting up this post. I think this s...Big props for putting up this post. I think this situation has been largely ignored in the MSM world, and it should be looked into on a more in-depth level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-65275043737750191572008-09-18T14:35:00.000-04:002008-09-18T14:35:00.000-04:00@Sean ~ That was one of the points I made in the p...@Sean ~ That was one of the points I made in the post:<BR/><BR/><I>"Will the Post-Season NIT be killed as way to say money? And all those people clamoring for Division IA, oops I means FBS, football playoffs? One word: Fuggedaboutit!"</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link AA!:-)Christopher Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918413523036595356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-25031268650205225642008-09-18T14:04:00.000-04:002008-09-18T14:04:00.000-04:00Good point Sean O.Good point Sean O.Awful Announcing-https://www.blogger.com/profile/02512793293145554219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-42616722991376678242008-09-18T14:03:00.000-04:002008-09-18T14:03:00.000-04:00It's supposed to be "I doubt", not "I think". Damn...It's supposed to be "I doubt", not "I think". <BR/><BR/>Damn typos and no way to correct them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-55732175364685468542008-09-18T14:01:00.001-04:002008-09-18T14:01:00.001-04:00Well this certainly does no favors for a football ...Well this certainly does no favors for a football playoff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-92022750728698872312008-09-18T14:01:00.000-04:002008-09-18T14:01:00.000-04:00Somehow, I think the schools that make billions of...Somehow, I think the schools that make billions of dollars from their athletic programs are gonna hurt too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-90504583723791995542008-09-18T13:49:00.000-04:002008-09-18T13:49:00.000-04:00OffTopic:Joe Shad just misspoke and called Confere...OffTopic:<BR/><BR/>Joe Shad just misspoke and called Conference USA "Conference USGay". Freudian slip indeedEdward Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629369032992357336noreply@blogger.com