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...and whether a coincidence or by design, how long will there be roughly the same number of FBS and FCS teams?

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...and if it wasn't a coincidence, who could be responsible for this situation?

131 FBS in 2022. 133 next year

Coincidence.

1982 - 105 teams
1992 - 107 teams
2002 - 117 teams
2011 - 120 teams
2020 - 128 teams

By next year 133 teams.

The more teams the greater the talent gap, funding gap, etc.

Too many schools.

Reset could be coming.

(08-29-2022 08:56 AM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  Coincidence.

1982 - 105 teams
1992 - 107 teams
2002 - 117 teams
2011 - 120 teams
2020 - 128 teams

By next year 133 teams.

The more teams the greater the talent gap, funding gap, etc.

Too many schools.

Reset could be coming.

Don't know if you count this as a reset, but....

Half of the Division I football programs are FCS.
A little under half of the FBS programs are G5.
And just under 50% of the P5 are in Tier One conferences with big-boy network TV contracts (Big Ten + SEC + Notre Dame).

Not sure what that means, but the math maths.

(08-29-2022 09:13 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(08-29-2022 08:56 AM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  Coincidence.

1982 - 105 teams
1992 - 107 teams
2002 - 117 teams
2011 - 120 teams
2020 - 128 teams

By next year 133 teams.

The more teams the greater the talent gap, funding gap, etc.

Too many schools.

Reset could be coming.

Don't know if you count this as a reset, but....

Half of the Division I football programs are FCS.
A little under half of the FBS programs are G5.
And just under 50% of the P5 are in Tier One conferences with big-boy network TV contracts (Big Ten + SEC + Notre Dame).

Not sure what that means, but the math maths.

The keyword there is tier. College football needs to be tiered with the revenue from media rights deals tied to the tiers. Promote and relegate between tiers. This fear of promotion and relegation blows my mind. It’s just a structured system.

Promotion and relegation has actually been going on forever with the rankings and the labels. Need to get rid of all the opinion polls and biases and put a system in free of all of that nonsense that rewards strictly performance and achievement in that year. Not what you did 50 years ago.

(08-29-2022 09:13 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(08-29-2022 08:56 AM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  Coincidence.

1982 - 105 teams
1992 - 107 teams
2002 - 117 teams
2011 - 120 teams
2020 - 128 teams

By next year 133 teams.

The more teams the greater the talent gap, funding gap, etc.

Too many schools.

Reset could be coming.

Don't know if you count this as a reset, but....

Half of the Division I football programs are FCS.
A little under half of the FBS programs are G5.
And just under 50% of the P5 are in Tier One conferences with big-boy network TV contracts (Big Ten + SEC + Notre Dame).

Not sure what that means, but the math maths.

Only half of those are competitive.
Only half of those have a realistic chance for the CFP.
Only half of those will in the CFP.
Only half of those will be in the Championship game.
Only half of those will be be Champion.