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Kinda OT, but not really...Bill Snyder on college football

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Snyder has done a remarkable job at KSU considering what they were before he arrived. He makes some excellent points that I think we can all see, but even he realizes that you can't unexplode a bomb. We've gone so far across the Rubicon now I think the sheer momentum of the transformations that he mentions will continue to carry this whole transformative process forward for the foreseeable future.
 
Beginning of the end for NCAA as we know it today:

"Snyder voiced his thoughts one day before the NCAA board of directors is to vote on a proposal giving the five wealthiest college football conferences -- among them the Big 12, which counts Kansas State among its membership -- the ability to make rules and pass legislation without the approval of the rest of Division I schools.

The autonomy proposal is expected to pass."
 
Bennubird said:
Snyder has done a remarkable job at KSU considering what they were before he arrived. He makes some excellent points that I think we can all see, but even he realizes that you can't unexplode a bomb. We've gone so far across the Rubicon now I think the sheer momentum of the transformations that he mentions will continue to carry this whole transformative process forward for the foreseeable future.
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Agreed.
 
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Yes, he is right, but I'm just as guilty. I want to keep the bowl games as sort of a de facto first round of the playoff and add two more weeks to the season for a true four team playoff. I like the tradition of the bowl games and the interconference play will help identify the top four teams (normally the winners of the four big bowl games).
 
Neil said:
Yes, he is right, but I'm just as guilty. I want to keep the bowl games as sort of a de facto first round of the playoff and add two more weeks to the season for a true four team playoff. I like the tradition of the bowl games and the interconference play will help identify the top four teams (normally the winners of the four big bowl games).
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We're all guilty. I think college football, and probably basketball, should just be done away with entirely at the major levels. Perhaps they can adopt a system similar to what Canada does with hockey (the major junior levels). I think that model would work here, too, and it would get rid of the educational component, which has gotten silly now (in Canada, they can still go play college hockey after playing major junior, but these tend to not be the best players).
 
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sebastian91 said:
Neil said:
Yes, he is right, but I'm just as guilty. I want to keep the bowl games as sort of a de facto first round of the playoff and add two more weeks to the season for a true four team playoff. I like the tradition of the bowl games and the interconference play will help identify the top four teams (normally the winners of the four big bowl games).
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We're all guilty. I think college football, and probably basketball, should just be done away with entirely at the major levels. Perhaps they can adopt a system similar to what Canada does with hockey (the major junior levels). I think that model would work here, too, and it would get rid of the educational component, which has gotten silly now (in Canada, they can still go play college hockey after playing major junior, but these tend to not be the best players).
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Are you suggesting another league? I don't follow.
 
As a Brit I love how the college sports system works in America.

You have a great system, it needs some tweaks perhaps, but it's mostly right.
 
from SportsCenter:

NCAA approves reforms that will give Power Five conferences ability to write their own rules.
 
4Canes said:
sebastian91 said:
Neil said:
Yes, he is right, but I'm just as guilty. I want to keep the bowl games as sort of a de facto first round of the playoff and add two more weeks to the season for a true four team playoff. I like the tradition of the bowl games and the interconference play will help identify the top four teams (normally the winners of the four big bowl games).
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We're all guilty. I think college football, and probably basketball, should just be done away with entirely at the major levels. Perhaps they can adopt a system similar to what Canada does with hockey (the major junior levels). I think that model would work here, too, and it would get rid of the educational component, which has gotten silly now (in Canada, they can still go play college hockey after playing major junior, but these tend to not be the best players).
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Are you suggesting another league? I don't follow.
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Essentially, yes. The best hockey players in Canada between 15 and 20 years old play Major Junior...there are three leagues within that classification under the CHL (Canadian Hockey League), one in Ontario (OHL), one in the east (QMJHL), and one in the west (WHL). Side note: there are actually several teams located in the US playing in these leagues. They actually have a draft for these leagues, too, but I don't know exactly how that works. The players are required to go to school until they graduate high school (I believe), and then they are eligible for the NHL draft. Those that aren't drafted can play college hockey or continue with their Major Junior team (some get cut and don't make the team). When they turn 20, they finish the current season, then find something else to do (minor leagues in the US and Canada mostly, or Europe, or selling cars, or...).

They aren't preparing scholars. They're preparing professional hockey players. Obviously, hockey is a much smaller scale than football, but I don't see why something like that wouldn't work. It would get rid of the non-qualifiers going to JUCO or prep. It would get rid of the Genron's of the world. And it would get rid of the idea that these kids are students first. I only see this kind of thing working for the big time players in college football, not necessarily the Troy's and Utah State's of the world.

Just a thought.
 
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