NCAA approves 3-year halt to new bowl games

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NCAA approves three-year moratorium on new bowl games

The NCAA has approved a three-year moratorium on new bowl games, sources told ESPN.

The NCAA Division I Council's decision comes a year after there were not enough bowl-eligible teams to fill the record 41 postseason games, resulting in a record three teams with losing records earning bowl berths.

The moratorium will not allow any new bowl games until after the 2019 regular season.

The NCAA ruling affects three cities -- Austin, Texas; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina -- that were in the process of seeking NCAA certification to add bowls in 2016.

Sources said the council will continue to "study the postseason issue" and evaluate bowl-eligibility criteria. The council also plans to determine whether the minimum requirement of a "deserving" bowl team is a winning record or finishing .500, a source said.

This is the second time in the past five years that the NCAA has issued a hold on new bowls. In 2011, a three-year moratorium was established. When that ban was lifted, six new bowls, not including the College Football Playoff, were added: the Bahamas, Boca Raton, Camellia and Miami Beach bowls in 2014 and the Arizona and Cure bowls in 2015.

Last year, a record 63 percent of the 128 FBS teams earned bowl berths, including three 5-7 teams (Minnesota, Nebraska and San Jose State). In the previous 45 years, a total of four teams with losing records had played in bowls.

The Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl was forced to pit two Mountain West teams against each other, prompting MWC commissioner Craig Thompson to call the bowl system "broken."

"There is an excess of bowl games due in part to a disparate allocation of openings vs. conference bowl histories," Thompson said in December. "The result is teams with sub-.500 records participating in bowl games. There is consensus change is needed, and this year's outcome must not be repeated."

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Bummer

 

[Grand Vol]

Bummer

Not really. Bowl games were becoming the "trophy for everyone" kind of system.

I have no problem if a venue wants to put one on, but whether or not it gets the NCAA sanction is what's at hand.

 

[SDV]

They need to delete about 10 of these games

 

[YankeeVol]

They need to delete about 10 of these games

At the least

 

[utvolpj]

Ridiculous but expected from an organization like this. If they can get a sponsor and a venue then what's the harm?

Is a 5-7 team playing in a bowl worse than UNC and Syracuse being allowed to play in the tourney?

 

[vols4sure]

Ridiculous but expected from an organization like this. If they can get a sponsor and a venue then what's the harm?

It's a 5-7 team playing in a bowl worse than UNC and Syracuse being allowed to play in the tourney?

Agree. I will never complain about too much football. If the game does not interest me or I have something better to do, I just will not watch. As for the "everybody gets a trophy" argument, the school can always decline an invitation.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I've been saying for years that Myrtle Beach should be a bowl destination.

 

[GAVol]

Ridiculous but expected from an organization like this. If they can get a sponsor and a venue then what's the harm?

Is a 5-7 team playing in a bowl worse than UNC and Syracuse being allowed to play in the tourney?

I agree. Just dumb. What's the big deal whether there are 28 or 30 or 35 bowl games? What possible negative impact could it have other than violate some goofy narrative about who deserves what?

 

[2ez2dv8]

They need to delete about 10 of these games

Would be a good start

 

[volfanbill]

I agree. Just dumb. What's the big deal whether there are 28 or 30 or 35 bowl games? What possible negative impact could it have other than violate some goofy narrative about who deserves what?

this. all day. If a city wants to put one on, let them. D1 basketball lets 68 teams play in the NCAA Tourney, 32 teams in the NIT, 32 teams in the CIT, 16 teams in the CBI, and (as of right now) 8 teams in the Vegas 16 (if you're smart, you can tell the aim is for 16 there too). That's 156 teams playing post season college basketball. If the Vegas 16 does expand (although ticket sales would say they won't) that's 164. But ticket sales are just a small piece of the puzzle. If a TV station buys the right to air the games, a sponsor picks it up, a few thousand show up, etc., there's a good chance the thing makes money. Let the kids play.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Not really. Bowl games were becoming the "trophy for everyone" kind of system.

I have no problem if a venue wants to put one on, but whether or not it gets the NCAA sanction is what's at hand.

In what world is more football a bad thing?

 

[Coug]

When you start running into the situation where lesser teams are going to a bowl game then perhaps you simply have a case of too many bowls. At the same time though the down side is robbing some teams of extra practices at the end of the year that could help them improve overall.

Another aspect to look at is that having all these extra bowl games does take some spotlight off the larger bowl games that really good teams worked hard to get to.

 

[volfanbill]

When you start running into the situation where lesser teams are going to a bowl game then perhaps you simply have a case of too many bowls. At the same time though the down side is robbing some teams of extra practices at the end of the year that could help them improve overall.

Another aspect to look at is that having all these extra bowl games does take some spotlight off the larger bowl games that really good teams worked hard to get to.

If you're ignoring the Rose Bowl because of the Poulan Weedeater Bowl, well, you're an idiot. Sorry, not sorry. Probably getting deleted soon.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

If you're ignoring the Rose Bowl because of the Poulan Weedeater Bowl, well, you're an idiot. Sorry, not sorry. Probably getting deleted soon.

 

[508mikey]

Could be bad news for Vanderbilt and Kentucky

 

[vols-1]

This ban won't last three months. The NCAA would put a bowl in Smyrna if they could make a buck.