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Texas Terror posted this link on AGS but I think it merits some looks by our folks as well ...

FCS summit looks to boost identity

By Greg Johnson
NCAA.org

FRISCO, Tex. – Before Eastern Washington pulled off a 20-19 come-from-behind victory over Delaware in the Division I Football Championship game last Friday night, Football Championship Subdivision commissioners, athletics directors and senior NCAA national office staff met for six hours to discuss the present and future of the sport.

Participants included NCAA President Mark Emmert, who addressed the summit as the keynote speaker during a luncheon.

The FCS Summit, organized by the Southland Conference, attracted more than 140 stakeholders to discuss:

• * The Division I football landscape
  * Conference realignment
  * FCS programs migrating to the Football Bowl Subdivision
  * Division I governance issues
  * Media coverage
  * Branding

One meeting was hardly enough time to find solutions to the full plate of issues, but it was a start.

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It acknowledges some of the concerns we have with life in FCS while not serving up many solutions. Give it a read and I look forward to feedback. Here are some highlights:

The prevailing sentiment among summit participants, in fact, was that the additional access from the recent expansion trumped the challenges it may have produced. Some attendees supported additional expansion, perhaps to a 24-team field, in the future.

And if you don't fall out of your chair laughing at this snippet then you aren't awake ...

During his keynote address, NCAA President Emmert told attendees to remember their mission.

“We want to make sure you are successful in this endeavor for self-evident reasons,” he said. “FCS football serves as a rational approach. You provide great opportunities for student-athletes to compete at a high level.”

Emmert said he is aware of the challenges facing football at the FCS level and that he knows simple solutions are hard to find. But he reassured the summit attendees that the national office will assist in any way to enhance the experience.

Oh yeah, they are standing by the phone waiting on calls.