SoCon B-ball Improvement & $$$

[CharlieFU]

Interesting article on SoCon funded some improvements in the league.

The usual pay out for our one NCAA bid goes to SoCon operating expenses. If we get 2nd bid, half goes into a fund to improve things overall and half goes to all schools. Team with the bid gets a double share.

https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/h ... 1c7c0.html

[Flagman]

I’ll ask the question again. Which would be better “for Furman” - NCAA or NIT? Sounds like the distribution of money is slanted to the bid-winner and the confernences’s operating fund, which sounds a lot like the commissioner’s salary.

[apaladin]

I’ll ask the question again. Which would be better “for Furman” - NCAA or NIT? Sounds like the distribution of money is slanted to the bid-winner and the confernences’s operating fund, which sounds a lot like the commissioner’s salary.

That's what I was thinking.

[Fessor]

I’ll ask the question again. Which would be better “for Furman” - NCAA or NIT? Sounds like the distribution of money is slanted to the bid-winner and the confernences’s operating fund, which sounds a lot like the commissioner’s salary.

If Furman had to pay $100K to play in NCAA, it would still be a no-brainer: NCAA >>>>>> NIT

[din23]

I’ll ask the question again. Which would be better “for Furman” - NCAA or NIT? Sounds like the distribution of money is slanted to the bid-winner and the confernences’s operating fund, which sounds a lot like the commissioner’s salary.

It's not even a question. An NCAA bid is better than 10 straight NIT bids. Fill in with whatever exaggeration you need.

Everyone in the league benefits from an extra bid, and, if you read the article, it appears that extra NCAA shares would continue to enhance the conference's basketball enhancement program, which seems to have paid dividends over the past few years.

[gman]

No-brainer. NCAA.

[fufanatic]

I'm a little confused ... the way I read the article, the auto bid team gets no money, but the at-large team would get two shares? That doesn't seem to make sense me.

But regardless, the extra money would be huge for the conference. Even if the money that's going to the conference pays the salaries of staff members for 6 years, that's still a cost that the school's wouldn't have to take on. But I'm guessing most $ would go into that pool that "rewarded programs for hitting benchmarks in scheduling, winning and RPI improvement; and a line of credit to help teams buy guarantee games at home, take international trips and host multi-team events." Makes sense to me.

[tya1]

It has been my impression that the auto-bid winner gets a double share of the NCAA money that is divided among the schools. Some conferences give increasing shares of the money to teams that advance past the first game.