Enjoy that March Madness tournament?
Might be the last one you get.
Today, Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Silva basically said that the Big Five conferences (the BCS/CFP-confederated conferences) can no longer work under the NCAA model and will either need autonomy to create their own by-laws, or they will be forced to secede the five conferences to a Division IV model.
These comments are made less than two weeks before the beginning of the long-awaited O'Bannon trial on suing the NCAA for an illegal business model. Because of limitations on what damages they can seek, this trial will be only before a judge, making it less likely that bribe-able fans can alter the outcome.
Silva basically has said that the day of the NCAA, as it has stood, is over:
""We hope everyone realizes we are moving into a new era and this is the way to retain your collegiate model. It would be a disappointment and in my view a mistake not to adapt the model. This is a historic moment. If we don't seize the moment, we'll make a mistake.""
Basically, he either wants the NCAA to give him Division IV, or the SEC will lead in taking a Division IV model.
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