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2020 CAA season

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6 hours ago, Maharba10 said:

JMU can't play themselves....would be a mistake to load up on FBS schools.  Would also be dumb to play if conference is playing in the Spring.  Can't do both. 

FBS schools are not going to play FCS schools are there is no $$$ to pay them without fans in attendance, en masse.  

JMU does not want to be in FCS anymore and this is their chance to make a break for the door.  

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11 hours ago, mat1992 said:

There is no coaching situation. Contract goes to 2021. Nobody is going to buy out a coach at this juncture.

 

As for the season, if the Ivy League can play in the spring, so can the CAA. Play a conference-only schedule and start in April. Three weeks of preseason. Workouts in the winter indoors and outdoors. Having the new soccer stadium and practice fields can't hurt. Would probably end up moving some lacrosse games there, if necessary. 

Football, at any level of D-1, should not be played in March for weather reasons and should not go against March Madness.

The Ivy is different as they do not play in the playoffs and they march to their own drummer.  

CAA April only football is also not logical as that's 4 weeks. April 3-10-17-24. Even if you add in May 1-8-15 and you can only get in 7 games before the last day of classes on May 18 after which Athletics would have to pay for extra housing, food service, etc...  4 more weeks of regular season, then playoffs?  Not going to happen for a non revenue generating NCAA Championship. The NCAA will not sponsor a playoff in FCS for 2020, or a spring 2021, so now you are just playing games to play games, adding up expenses and going deeper in the red.  Good luck with that.

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10 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

So a lame duck coach? Worked well with hoops years ago... 

Also, think a spring season is just meh and won’t go well. Atelast with better players and higher levels. 

If you're a top level college player, why would you even play in the spring?  The NFL Draft is April 29 – May 1, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio, so if you're a projected early round pick why would you ever play a spring season?  Some guys sit out bowl games now - extend that time frame out and there is 0 logic from an elite player perspective. A guy live Trevor Lawrence has likely played his last college game if there is no fall football.

 

 

 

 

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JMU ain’t getting an invite to the ACC, B10 or SEC.  Outside of  a  supposed cursory offer the Sunbelt 8 years ago, they offer no value to FBS football conferences.  

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1 hour ago, BoogerJ said:

If you're a top level college player, why would you even play in the spring?  The NFL Draft is April 29 – May 1, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio, so if you're a projected early round pick why would you ever play a spring season?  Some guys sit out bowl games now - extend that time frame out and there is 0 logic from an elite player perspective. A guy live Trevor Lawrence has likely played his last college game if there is no fall football.

 

 

 

 

what if the NFL changes the draft timeline in order to accommodate a spring NCAA season?

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1 hour ago, RundaPower said:

JMU ain’t getting an invite to the ACC, B10 or SEC.  Outside of  a  supposed cursory offer the Sunbelt 8 years ago, they offer no value to FBS football conferences.  

Of course they wouldn't be considered for a Power 5 conference.....I don't think they have that expectation at all.  Conference USA could be a very reasonable destination for a program like JMU.  I doubt Middle Tenn or ODU are outdrawing JMU's crowds by very much. 

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1 hour ago, AtlantaTiger said:

Of course they wouldn't be considered for a Power 5 conference.....I don't think they have that expectation at all.  Conference USA could be a very reasonable destination for a program like JMU.  I doubt Middle Tenn or ODU are outdrawing JMU's crowds by very much. 

Uh, of course.  However,  conference USA etc are going to implode.  When ODU sends it’s women’s Tennis team to North Texas.... it doesn’t work.  ODU athletics is in huge financial trouble.  JMU brings nothing to the G5 world.  Those schools don’t want to have to split more of what’s left of their TV deals with a backwater VA school.  JMU brings no media market to help boost any future TV deal. NOBODY IN THOSE CONFERENCES CARES THAT JMU CAN FILL THEIR STADIUM!  Attendance is not enough to change the dynamic for the G5’s.  It’s all about cost containment (in an arms race) with must have-P5 paydays- and the best TV deal they can get.

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The JMU boards think they should be playing in the ACC!  They are spending upwards of $43MM for a one bid/FCS conference.  That’s about to end.......

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