Knight Commission Recommends New FBS Governing Structure

[LeaningCy]

Haven't seen this posted yet.

The Knight Commission released its recommendations today:

- A new governing entity for the sport of football at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, separate from the NCAA.
- The NCAA would govern all other sports in a reorganized Division I governance, and schools with FBS football programs would remain part of the NCAA in all other sports except football.

Knight Commission Recommends a New Governing Structure for the Sport of FBS Football - Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

After a year-long examination, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics called today for major governance changes for Division I sports, proposing a new governing entity for the sport of football at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, separate from the NCAA. The NCAA would...

www.knightcommission.org

Here is the NCAA's response on the matter:

 

[ISUAgronomist]

NCAA isn't giving up control of the cash cow.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

NCAA isn't giving up control of the cash cow.

I think u missed the bullet point about this being about FBS (aka UNI). Pretty sure FBS is not a cash cow, more like an empty pit.

 

[alarson]

I think u missed the bullet point about this being about FBS (aka UNI). Pretty sure FBS is not a cash cow, more like an empty pit.

You have that backwards.

FBS is G5+P5+a few independents. FCS is teams like UNI.

 

[BCClone]

I think u missed the bullet point about this being about FBS (aka UNI). Pretty sure FBS is not a cash cow, more like an empty pit.

UNI is FCS. ISU is FBS

 

[CycloneDaddy]

You have that backwards.

FBS is G5+P5+a few independents. FCS is teams like UNI.

UNI is FCS. ISU is FBS

Crap, that is what I get for being on CF during a conference call. Thanks for setting me straight.

 

[Die4Cy]

The story provides no detail, and FBS is already fairly autonomous from other NCAA sports, so I'm not sure what the difference would be without any distinctions being referenced in the piece. But a breakaway could have one huge advantage:

It's the only shot at breaking up the god awful uneven football scheduling the various conference structures have built. Football becoming more regional outside of conference structure, with more variety in opponents might be very good for the game, particularly when it comes to putting butts in seats.

Everyone is starting to realize that the "conference built for tv markets" model is negatively impacting the overall product, and at some point they are going to need the stadiums to fill in again, IMO. This is an opportunity to start from a clean sheet of paper and do something about that.

 

[JP4CY]

The Knight Commision made me think of this:

 

[Aclone]

Sweet. An extra layer of bureaucracy, just what everyone needs.

As if every FBS football program—and the finances they provide—aren’t intimately intertwined with every other sport at the schools.