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Originally posted by rz1:
You mean teams from like the lowly Horizon League and other "bottom dwelling" conferences. They aren't deserving?
rz,
It could be any number of any fine conferences, you named one I didn't.
Ok, this is supposed to be about fairness, right? You tell me, where this is fair for any school in any conference.
If it is about fairness for northern schools, well now they have to travel to warmer climates and be on the road more often to play a 56 game schedule. Now schools in larger conferences FROM colder weather states still have bad weather to go up against. Where is ANY of this fair for anyone?
If you want fair, IMO either shorten the game schedule (for everyone but coaches didn't want that), or begin later, shorten your 64 field playoff, or play later into the spring with the Championship game end of June (you can shorten that too). Then shorten your summer wood bat schedules. Provide housing and food for all who go past post season (NCAA). Allow some games during exam time, I would imagine there are a whole bunch of things that you could think of that could work for everyone.
How about countable fall competition?