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Date Posted: 10:48:55 02/07/03 Fri
Author: Stagman
Subject: Re: Elsberry at it again
In reply to: DitchMitch 's message, "Re: Elsberry at it again" on 08:55:08 02/07/03 Fri

I believe the MAAC started football a few years back because there was a fear at the time that Division I teams who did not have football and were not affiliated with big conferences, might not be eligible for the NCAA tourney.

The big schools were squawking that the little schools were stealing their money, not only by getting bids, but by occasionally knocking off big names teams and denying them big pay days. Let us not forget that for major conferences, football and basketball are big time business. They will do whatever they can to keep mid to low majors down.

Look at all the rules that have been instituted over the years.

Shot clock for example. In theory, was meant to be a big benefit to the up tempo, athletic, big time teams and to reduce the possibility of an upset by a patient, slow it down upstart. Didn't happen, but that was one of the goals.

How about infractions? Remember the penalty Darren Phillip received for his 'infraction'? When's the last time you heard something like that happen to a big time school? Down here in the DC area, in the last week there was a story of Maryland paying a potential football recruit a few hundred bucks. How much you wanna bet they get some minor penalty, like loss of one football scholarship. Or maybe they won't have the right to televise their opener next year against Podunk Tech.

Sometimes small schools have to do things that don't make a whole lot of sense on the surface. I think in this case, the MAAC schools felt they didn't have much of a choice.

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[> [> [> Re: Elsberry at it again -- MC Class of 98, 15:27:28 02/07/03 Fri

IN fact those kids were not allowed to sign at Maryland - where they wanted to go. Not sure of the school penalty - but losing two somewhat big time recruits is a pretty stiff penalty.

The rule about having D-I football only applies if you HAVE Football. No rule about having to have football - but it has to be D-I if you do.

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