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Smitty28 posted:
Maybe it's time to break D1 baseball into 2 tiers, kind of like football did. There is such a disparity between the top 100 and the bottom 100 as it is - talent, facilities, financial resources, etc. Does it make sense to lump them into the same division? We're at a point where the bottom 200 is holding back progress for the top 100 teams, maybe it's time to move on and address this in a more structural way.

I've been saying this for awhile now. I'd even go three tiers. Unfortunately, it ain't likely to happen anytime soon. Kids/PARENTS like saying they/their kid play(s) "D1 Baseball." Second and third tier programs also like to bill themselves as D1 Programs. In their eyes, adding more tiers would cheapen that.

9/9/1912:26 PM

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