- August 10th, 2022, 10:00 am
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The answer seemed obviously affirmative until recent times. With massive change underway at the NCAA due to realigbnment & NIL, the reverberations could become very profound for smaller Division I conferences like the ASUN and perhaps CUSA. Take these comments from a former LSU chancellor and the now FGCU president in a local media interview this week:
Now I know what you are thinking. Automatic qualifiers are written into the NCAA by-laws. They are for now. But the disparity between the havs and have-nots is growing wider by the second under NIL. And if the super conferences break away ... all bets are off.
WINK wrote:“March Madness will become much more controlled by a handful of schools,” said Martin. “And automatic qualifiers that we now get from being in the A-SUN will disappear.”Click Here for Source
Martin explained he believes that’s because the big names will have more teams in the tournament or every division one school will have to play their way in. Either way, the chances we’ll ever see another Dunk City run are not great. As for another upset like 16-seeded UMBC defeating 1-seeded Virginia, even less likely.
Now I know what you are thinking. Automatic qualifiers are written into the NCAA by-laws. They are for now. But the disparity between the havs and have-nots is growing wider by the second under NIL. And if the super conferences break away ... all bets are off.