Quote Originally Posted by NY Crusader 2010 View Post
Of course whatever division is created isn't going to create ridiculous XFL-like rule changes. Why would they? That's not what any of this is about. It's about doing whatever is needed to share as little as possible financially with smaller schools. And yes, the new top division, could very well scrap or loosen academic and eligibility requirements, if they feel that such changes will enhance their overall product. But that doesn't mean schools in that division can't play G5 or FCS teams anymore. UCONN and Holy Cross have different academic standards and follow different sets of rules when it comes to redshirting -- but we still played each other last year.

Like I said, P5 schools hosting FCS schools only happens now because its a mutually beneficial arrangement for both parties. The big school gets a home game, where they get to sell 60,000 tickets and generate concession revenue from an incremental home game while the smaller school gets a pay check to come take a beat down. It's not like some NCAA scheduling committee is enforcing a rule that every FBS team must host at least one FCS team per year.
This is about money, full stop. If FBS thinks 10 point FGs would increase revenue, they could and would do it. If FBS mandates paying players, they could do it. If FBS thinks that football players going to classes would devalue their football product and thus forbid it, they could do it. Without an NCAA or something equivalent, there is nobody watching the henhouse. Though is it popular nowadays to say that the NCAA has issues with enforcement, the truth is, for now, they control those rules that a field is 100 yards, a field goal is 3 points, etc - and it applies to ALL DIVISION I FOOTBALL (FCS and FBS). To be very clear, that is what is being proposed to be done away with - or at least the NCAA's role hasn't been clarified in that matter.

Carry this thought through. Why are FCS games on FBS schedules at all? Because one FCS game is allowed to count for bowl eligibility. Guess what? FBS could repeal that rule tomorrow, removing any incentive for FBS schools to schedule any FCS teams. FBS schools are scheduling FCS games because the rules allow them to do so, not out of the goodness of their hearts. Those wins over FCS schools mean something valuable to them.