Proposed changes to NCAA season

[HGoat]

The NWCA proposed some pretty drastic changes to the season. It would start after the holiday break and end in April.

What are your thoughts on this? I think it is a good move- The season is too long right now, NCAA's won't compete with march madness, and the season will be one semester.

 

[LindenCy]

I'd have to think about it, but on the surface I can see some benefits.

 

[HGoat]

Full proposal: https://www.scribd.com/document/319740539/NWCA-proposal#from_embed

 

[BCClone]

I thought that football athletes were lucky to be competing just one semester. You get that second one to keep the focus on grades and be a more traditional student. I think this would be good. It also gets it away from March madness and maybe help viewership some.

The Nichols is always around a football game so that would be nice. I think pending what part of April you're talking, Buf may not be too happy.

 

[Judoka]

I agree it would be a good move for the athletes, though the big holiday tournaments are really important for setting the stage for the season (often the only time you get a lot of cross pollination between regions) and those would be tougher for fans to travel to if they weren't around traditional holidays.

So what would the season look like?
January: Tune up duals and open tournaments
February: A couple duals but mostly new dates for Midlands/Scuffle/Vegas/Reno/etc
March: Duals
April: Conference and National Tournaments

That wouldn't leave a lot of time for the dual season. You'd also still have practices starting right around finals in December so you'd still have the two semester problem.

 

[buf87]

BCClone is right. If this goes through it will probably end me going to Nationals. No way I can commit to a trip anywhere the last half of April. I would think many Grain farmers will be in the Midwest would be in the same boat. April 15 to April 30 is committed to putting the crop in the ground.

 

[isukendall]

Anyone know when they are voting on this? It would be nice to have all together, although having the break in the middle is nice also.