02-04-2020, 01:28 PM
I was going to put this in a reply to one of the other topics, but I thought it might distract from their particular subjects.
I was again bothered by the single regional on the west coast, year after year, and looked to see if it might change. The current format does gives an ongoing benefit to the teams & fans on the East Coast. Look at what Oregon had to go through to go to play at UConn's home court.
The bid process for future NCAA sites is in process. Bids were due Monday. Start following it here
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/champio...cement.pdf
One document purports to extol their progress.
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/...ogress.pdf
It is full of glowing adjectives saying all they do. To my mind, the document overflows with BS (first word: Babbling) typical of someone trying to sell something.
Nowhere does it say anything about being fair to the various teams, for any sense of fairness.
The editor should have caught this as I think they didn't mean this to sound the way it does:
"We’ve set a course that will benefit those who play the game — and those who oversee it" (emphasis mine).
Add to that:
"Monthly teleconferences are held with leadership of key stakeholders of the game (e.g., WBCA, USA Basketball, WNBA and ESPN) ..."
(Silly me, I thought the colleges & universities are the key stakeholders.)
I hadn't heard this:
"A new two-site, eight-team per site regional model will be implemented for the 2023 championship."
(If you need an example of meaningless B.S., read the rest of the paragraph after that.)
Let me guess.... Storrs & Las Vegas? Where ever they have it, some area of the country is probably going to be screwed over. If it is East & West Coasts, Central Timezone schools will all be under-represented by fans. If it is CST & EST, all West Coast schools will bear the burden. If it is CST & PST, the devil will need to by a new overcoat. MST & Hawaii & Alaska will likely never have anything nearby.
The impact of this on the players and the fans is going to be significant. The only ones that will benefit are the sponsors (and airlines & hotels) and the Ct.SPortsNetwork -- I suspect they're the ones pushing this. No doubt the teams will, on average, have to fly further (more teams flying, fewer driving) and commit to more time out of school. Fans that might go will have added expense & time away from work. (Me, I'd probably go to games where I can reasonably return home each night. I don't see any reason to go to Vegas or L.A. or Seattle.)
I was again bothered by the single regional on the west coast, year after year, and looked to see if it might change. The current format does gives an ongoing benefit to the teams & fans on the East Coast. Look at what Oregon had to go through to go to play at UConn's home court.
The bid process for future NCAA sites is in process. Bids were due Monday. Start following it here
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/champio...cement.pdf
One document purports to extol their progress.
http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/...ogress.pdf
It is full of glowing adjectives saying all they do. To my mind, the document overflows with BS (first word: Babbling) typical of someone trying to sell something.
Nowhere does it say anything about being fair to the various teams, for any sense of fairness.
The editor should have caught this as I think they didn't mean this to sound the way it does:
"We’ve set a course that will benefit those who play the game — and those who oversee it" (emphasis mine).
Add to that:
"Monthly teleconferences are held with leadership of key stakeholders of the game (e.g., WBCA, USA Basketball, WNBA and ESPN) ..."
(Silly me, I thought the colleges & universities are the key stakeholders.)
I hadn't heard this:
"A new two-site, eight-team per site regional model will be implemented for the 2023 championship."
(If you need an example of meaningless B.S., read the rest of the paragraph after that.)
Let me guess.... Storrs & Las Vegas? Where ever they have it, some area of the country is probably going to be screwed over. If it is East & West Coasts, Central Timezone schools will all be under-represented by fans. If it is CST & EST, all West Coast schools will bear the burden. If it is CST & PST, the devil will need to by a new overcoat. MST & Hawaii & Alaska will likely never have anything nearby.
The impact of this on the players and the fans is going to be significant. The only ones that will benefit are the sponsors (and airlines & hotels) and the Ct.SPortsNetwork -- I suspect they're the ones pushing this. No doubt the teams will, on average, have to fly further (more teams flying, fewer driving) and commit to more time out of school. Fans that might go will have added expense & time away from work. (Me, I'd probably go to games where I can reasonably return home each night. I don't see any reason to go to Vegas or L.A. or Seattle.)