Quote from: Go Thunder on December 18, 2006, 01:40:05 PM
I think it would be ridiculous for MUC to go to D2 as long as they follow the rules like everybody else. Although I believe the NCAA needs to LOOK at limiting the number of total players a team can have and the implications of having 200 players on schools of 2500 or whatever the max attendance is.
1 If a traveling team is 60-70 (not sure) how big can a JV squad be. If you have 200 players do you have 2 or 3 JV squads? Or even a second team.
2 Is that now the standard for success? Will other teams do the same?
3 Would this keep some non athletes from getting in the school?
4 Do other athletic departments lose out with money? Will it inevitably cause infighting and jealousy between athletic departments?
5 Would limiting a D3 school to 100-120 players be good or bad.
Just some thoughts for discussion.
Decades ago, the success of the UCLA basketball and the legendary Coach Wooden, led to a change in NCAA rules which allowed freshman to play at the varsity level. The change meant that Wooden couldn't "hide" his tremendous freshmen classes from a nation of high school students considering a college. The net effect of the change was a wider distribution of talent across the nation.
Could it be that the success of Mount Union football might lead to a change in NCAA III football regulations. One change might be the reduction of the size of rosters which will, in time, spread talent around to other schools.