Quote from: Kira & Jaxon's Dad on December 06, 2021, 12:52:41 PMQuote from: lfter on December 06, 2021, 12:42:42 PM
I just found out about the travesty of Mount Union hosting the Semi-Final game. I rarely agree with the guys on D3football.com, but they got this one right! The rules are that the defending champion when undefeated and no common opponents host all the way to the Stagg Bowl. The rule was written ten years ago specifically for Mount Union. If a rule change is in order, a genuine, non-corrupt leader will change it BEFORE the season, not in the middle of the play-offs!
I am an NCC Alum but coached football for a while at an NAIA school. I have long been an advocate of schools leaving Division 3 for NAIA. The athletes are treated better and the schools can give money for athletics. The system was always fair which is more than I can say for the NCAA. I as one am going to pressure the NCC administration to make a formal complaint to the NCAA about this to make it as painful as possible so the committee thinks twice about travesties like this again.
As far as the team goes, I know that coach Thorne will use this to get his team more ready than ever and all that frustration will be put into Mount Union
NCC Administration issuing a Formal Complaint to the NCAA
NCAA: "Oh no a "Formal" complaint from a DIII School, what will we do?" (crumples up paper and throws it in the trash can).
A formal complaint is a call from the President of the school to the Division three council of Presidents, They then can table the issue for correction, won't happen by Saturday but can lead to a long term fix