OT?: The Coming Split of DI

[jessej]

With the future of college sports uncertain, one thing is clear: An official and permanent split of NCAA Division I is here

Division I has never been more fractured, and the split between the haves and have-nots in college athletics is becoming more real than ever.

sports.yahoo.com

Ross Dellenger
At a Knight Commission meeting in DC, Southern Conference commissioner Michael Cross presents a draft of a new NCAA governance model that divides DI into. - Subdivision A: P4 + those they wish to include -
Subdivision B: Others

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My assessment
1) split is for football and Men's BBall only as all the rest of the college sports are money losers
2) Select schools in non-revenue sports will also form super conferences - 10 to 50 schools by sport
3) The rest of the non revenue sports will play local and regional schedules to cut down on costs as well as buy games vs the super conferences
4) Colleges will cut back on the number of sports offerings- consistent with Title IX


5) Depending upon how the tv money is split up - some current P4 bottom dwellers may exit those conferences
6) Level of NIL funding may be a factor in which Subdivision you are in

 

[GMUgemini]

Football should just be its own thing )and probably run as minor league franchises for the NFL). Don’t mess with the other sports.

(And by the way, the other sports are largely “money losers” because they’ve either been given away for free or ignored by the universities that run them).

 

[jruby]

If that were to happen, I see it more as BIG10 and Sec spilt. Leaving everyone else behind, why wouldn't they? They could take all the money! They don't gain anything by bringing the ACC and Big 12 with them. They just pick off whatever schools they want that are left worth having.

 

[jessej]

Football should just be its own thing )and probably run as minor league franchises for the NFL). Don’t mess with the other sports.

(And by the way, the other sports are largely “money losers” because they’ve either been given away for free or ignored by the universities that run them).

Pick a school, pick a program
almost all lose money
maybe 30 profitable football programs in DI, all the rest of DI, II, III, NAIA, JUCO lose money
only 1 profitable DI Women's Volleyball Program - Nebraska - out of 350+ programs
2, maybe 3 in DI Women's BBall

Sportico’s Intercollegiate Finance Database

Sportico is maintaining an interactive, real-time database that tracks the official balance sheets of public FBS university athletic departments.

www.sportico.com

 

[FreeGunston12]

Pick a school, pick a program
almost all lose money
maybe 30 profitable football programs in DI, all the rest of DI, II, III, NAIA, JUCO lose money
only 1 profitable DI Women's Volleyball Program - Nebraska - out of 350+ programs
2, maybe 3 in DI Women's BBall

Sportico’s Intercollegiate Finance Database

Sportico is maintaining an interactive, real-time database that tracks the official balance sheets of public FBS university athletic departments.

www.sportico.com

Seems a bit misleading since a lot of the non-sport specific revenue is probably due to football.

 

[GMUgemini]

Seems a bit misleading since a lot of the non-sport specific revenue is probably due to football.

Yes. As an example. Both JMU and Delaware’s football teams “made a profit” but the rest of their athletics certainly didn’t so they were in the hole overall