Can Anyone Explain the NCAA rule Preventing JMU Bowl Participation?

[GroverCleveland]

For the life of me, I cannot understand the reasoning behind this rule? Is it "We don't want FCS schools coming up here and kicking our a$$es?"

I have not heard a single rational reason for this rule. And the NCAA has turned them down with basically, well we have this rule and, regardless of whether it makes any sense, there are reasons for it we cannot explain and therefore we have to follow it.

Things like this cause me to root for the demise of the NCAA and the sooner the better. Idiots.

Old phrase about banks applies here (paraphrased): "There are no signs of intelligent life inside the NCAA."

 

[LouderVol]

yeah, its all dumb. seems like if they meet the requirements to play in the Football BOWL Subdivision, they would be eligible for post season play.

 

[Nooga]

Pretty sure it’s not concern of the current teams in the upper division but it’s more to prevent the team moving up from poaching a bunch of players from FCS and using the bowl game appearance as something to lure them to transfer.

 

[hog88]

Just another dumb antiquated NCAA rule.

 

[GroverCleveland]

Pretty sure it’s not concern of the current teams in the upper division but it’s more to prevent the team moving up from poaching a bunch of players from FCS and using the bowl game appearance as something to lure them to transfer.

While that may have been a concern once upon a time (although we are talking FCS players), would seem the Transfer Portal has rendered that a moot point with the Transfer Portal.

 

[bamawriter]

It's an antiquated rule that harkens back to the time when the NCAA was still pretending that all college athletics decision-making isn't about money. The idea was to make a school think twice if they wanted to move up to FBS in order to cash in on bowl revenue: "If you can't make due without postseason payouts for the next three years then you shouldn't be moving up." It was always absurd, but today it's just moronic.

 

[Mtnvol80]

To protect their cash cow. They just raised the price to join from 5k to 5 million. There is zero reason they shouldn't play in the conference championship or a bowl

 

[LouderVol]

To protect their cash cow. They just raised the price to join from 5k to 5 million. There is zero reason they shouldn't play in the conference championship or a bowl

If I was drunk, half blind, had stared into the sun for 2 hours in the middle of summer, and squinted a whole lot I could MAYBE see a reason to keep them out of a bowl. But having them be ineligible for the conference championship, assuming they played the full schedule like the rest of the conference, makes no sense.

 

[GroverCleveland]

If I was drunk, half blind, had stared into the sun for 2 hours in the middle of summer, and squinted a whole lot I could MAYBE see a reason to keep them out of a bowl. But having them be ineligible for the conference championship, assuming they played the full schedule like the rest of the conference, makes no sense.

Hmmm. This may explain the NCAA.

 

[Golfprovol]

While that may have been a concern once upon a time (although we are talking FCS players), would seem the Transfer Portal has rendered that a moot point with the Transfer Portal.

The federal office of redundancy office

 

[GroverCleveland]

The federal office of redundancy office

LOL! Missed that. Pretty goofy, but i'll leave it.

 

[just bob]

No. This is ridiculous. Let them play. Any good reasons for them not to go to a bowl?

 

[wmcovol]

When a school moves up from FCS to FBS they have a 2 yr wait before they can participate in post season. The reasons for the rule are 1) not to encourage schools to move up suddenly, have a significant financial gain from long time conf members without actually doing anything to earn it & 2) eliminate FCS schools with lower academic standards to load a team that other conf members couldn’t recruit & take the bowl money.

I’m NOT DEFENDING the rule, simply explaining the reasoning. I don’t think either applies to JMU but JMU knew the rule when they made the move. I guess in today’s society, if you don’t like a rule you complain that you’re a victim.

 

[Pennheel]

When a school moves up from FCS to FBS they have a 2 yr wait before they can participate in post season. The reasons for the rule are 1) not to encourage schools to move up suddenly, have a significant financial gain from long time conf members without actually doing anything to earn it & 2) eliminate FCS schools with lower academic standards to load a team that other conf members couldn’t recruit & take the bowl money.

I’m NOT DEFENDING the rule, simply explaining the reasoning. I don’t think either applies to JMU but JMU knew the rule when they made the move. I guess in today’s society, if you don’t like a rule you complain that you’re a victim.

I think the rule you mentioned reminds of the team that won the conference tournament (forgot the name) in basketball recently. Well,since the team wasn't eligible due to that,Farleigh Dickinson,the runner up goes in last year and upsets Purdue.

I don't know everything about James Madison,but from what I understand, it's an old outdated NCAA rule.

 

[wmcovol]

I think the rule you mentioned reminds of the team that won the conference tournament (forgot the name) in basketball recently. Well,since the team wasn't eligible due to that,Farleigh Dickinson,the runner up goes in last year and upsets Purdue.

I don't know everything about James Madison,but from what I understand, it's an old outdated NCAA rule.

I’m not sure of the outdated part. Even the SEC & Big Ten doesn’t take new members if there is a reduction in revenue to current members. A lot of FCS schools Hope some day to move up. I’m not sure some of the conferences would be willing to accept some new members if they stand to see their bowl opportunities & revenues cut right away.

Numerous schools have had to face this rule in regards to getting in the NCAA tournament in recent yrs.

 

[CMcEver]

The only logical thing I can come up with: 6-win teams are eligible for bowls, so adding more FBS teams creates the possibility of more 6-win teams than available bowls. Maybe that's why?