'Power 5' autonomy and effects on NCAA Hockey

[ThatGuy22]

So with the NCAA allowing the 5 major conferences (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference ) the ability to make their own rules regarding how they spend their money, will this provide the Big 10 schools, specifically the ones that make money with hockey like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, a huge recruiting advantage.

Based on what I read, it seems the reasoning is so that the schools that make money can offer stipends to cover the entire college experience. All schools will be able to do this, but the Big 10 may be able to set higher limits and provide additional benefits to the students that the other traditional power houses like BC, BU and ND cannot. IE Minnesota could offer a $3,000 stipend where as UND could only offer $1,000. That's a big advantage.

Unless other major schools like BC and BU will get their limits from the ACC instead of Hockey East, then its more of the NCHC schools left in the cold like UMD, UND and UNO.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

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[Short Shorts]

As of now, schools can't offer stipends to athletes. If they could, however, it wouldn't go to "athletes", it'd just be for football players. All this P5 talk is just about football, since the profit the biggest schools dwarfs anything else it makes.

This new NCAA power structure is about letting the P5 football teams get rid of NCAA rules to basically turn college football into minor league football with minimal association to the school itself. The other sports don't matter to them.

 

[Drummer]

This new NCAA power structure is about letting the P5 football teams get rid of NCAA rules to basically turn college football into minor league football with minimal association to the school itself. The other sports don't matter to them.

That's an interesting approach. I think most fans would agree that D1 football is basically pro (look at the marketing, organization, logistics, etc). It makes sense to split from the schools, but still have an affilication for those athletes who wont go 'true' pro can get a degree.

The model would likely implode eventually as the big schools get bigger forcing other schools out (from a budget perspective)

 

[Bonin21]

As of now, schools can't offer stipends to athletes. If they could, however, it wouldn't go to "athletes", it'd just be for football players. All this P5 talk is just about football, since the profit the biggest schools dwarfs anything else it makes.

This is the opposite of what I've heard from basically every source.

 

[Short Shorts]

This is the opposite of what I've heard from basically every source.

In theory, schools would be able to offer stipends to all athletes, but if they were allowed to, it'd only be for football, and maybe basketball at a few schools. Possibly women's sports if Title IX gets involved, too.

 

[Bonin21]

but if they were allowed to, it'd only be for football, and maybe basketball at a few schools.

Is this just your opinion?
http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/wis...wer-5-conference-autonomy-big-ten-hockey-ncaa

 

[Short Shorts]

Is this just your opinion?
http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/wis...wer-5-conference-autonomy-big-ten-hockey-ncaa

Yes. But I wouldn't expect anything else to happen.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Would be awesome if the NCAA hockey schools were allowed to play kids who played in the CHL perviously. That simple change would raise the importance of NCAA hockey, as a stepping stone to the AHL, in a big way.

 

[Xokkeu]

So with the NCAA allowing the 5 major conferences (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference ) the ability to make their own rules regarding how they spend their money, will this provide the Big 10 schools, specifically the ones that make money with hockey like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, a huge recruiting advantage.

Based on what I read, it seems the reasoning is so that the schools that make money can offer stipends to cover the entire college experience. All schools will be able to do this, but the Big 10 may be able to set higher limits and provide additional benefits to the students that the other traditional power houses like BC, BU and ND cannot. IE Minnesota could offer a $3,000 stipend where as UND could only offer $1,000. That's a big advantage.

Unless other major schools like BC and BU will get their limits from the ACC instead of Hockey East, then its more of the NCHC schools left in the cold like UMD, UND and UNO.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Not sure how all this plays out eventually but BC is in a power 5 conference in other sports.