HoosierPal Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 This is being driven by Fox. Will it happen? Where there are TV $$, there is always a possibility. Per the article, the Big East, Big Ten and Big 12 are all Fox affiliated. SEC and ACC are ESPN. Would those two jump into this event and turn their nose up on the ESPN sponsored NIT? There would be more slots available for Mid's in the NIT, but so what? This may or may not happen, but it tells me that TV $$ will be focused on hoops after they grab all the football money possible. How long until March Madness is torn apart? https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/big-12-big-ten-big-east-in-talks-to-participate-in-new-postseason-event-for-teams-not-in-ncaa-tournament/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 -so in the duh department, any such Fox deal would not be NCAA approved, can teams practice/play after their 'NCAA season' ends? -I watch a fair amount of college basketball and at tourney time a lot and I don't think I would watch this Tournament of Losers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 Matt Brown @MattBrownEP The issue here is not the NIT. It's the idea of a broadcaster leveraging their media rights agreements to force conferences to assign their teams to different tournaments the broadcaster controls, instead of national events. If they can do that, they won't stop at the NIT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 This is an experiement. An NIT for the P6, the actual NIT for the mid majors. A precursor to doing this for the NCAA tourney. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 I don’t think much of this idea, but who knows? Will some teams not want to bother because they are making a coaching change? Will players look on this like the football players who don’t participate in bowl games because they think all they could do is hurt their chances in the draft? I don’t see it playing out well at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said: I don’t think much of this idea, but who knows? Will some teams not want to bother because they are making a coaching change? Will players look on this like the football players who don’t participate in bowl games because they think all they could do is hurt their chances in the draft? I don’t see it playing out well at all. A difference, as mentioned in the article, is that the players will be “paid” thru NIL bogus funds. “ Do you want to pick up an extra 10 grand by playing a few games this weekend.” Draft status is long settled by the end of the season. The only risk is injury. But players have that risk every time they lace up their sneakers. Edited September 12 by HoosierPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Pay for play in other words. Oh well, seems to be inevitable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 The total payout to all NIT participants last year (collectively) was $334K, with a maximum payout of $26K. Participants in the CBI pay a $27,500 entry fee. It wouldn't take much to lure the best non-tourney teams and shake things up. Consolation tournaments - NIT, CBI, whatever Fox is cooking up - don't matter. If participating schools can get a little more money out of it, great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 23 hours ago, Cowboy II said: -so in the duh department, any such Fox deal would not be NCAA approved, can teams practice/play after their 'NCAA season' ends? -I watch a fair amount of college basketball and at tourney time a lot and I don't think I would watch this Tournament of Losers The NCAA isn’t going to tell Michigan and Indiana what secondary tournament that can’t play in. If they do that they will lose the Big 10 playing in the NCAA tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I still think the end play by the big football conferences will be to ditch the ncaa and form their own big group. they want all the money. they dont want to share anything. HoosierPal and Aquinas like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 30 minutes ago, brianstl said: The NCAA isn’t going to tell Michigan and Indiana what secondary tournament that can’t play in. If they do that they will lose the Big 10 playing in the NCAA tournament. That’s a big YEP. I don’t think any of the conferences asked the NCAA for advice on realignment. billiken_roy and brianstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 These schools all have large alumni bases. TV's would be tuned into this reject tourney, maybe more so than a deflated NIT. NIT Stu @nit_stu · Sep 11 Here are the teams that would’ve been in this last year, under the format described: Georgetown DePaul Butler St. John’s Seton Hall Villanova Minnesota Ohio State Nebraska Rutgers Wisconsin Michigan Oklahoma State Texas Tech Oklahoma ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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