[Offseason] NCAA Conference ReDraft Project

tierre_brown · Jun 29, 2011

http://www.cowboysrideforfree.com/2...ing-the-sb-nation-conference-re-draft-project

If there is one universal in college athletics it is that all fans believe that the NCAA has done 90% of things incorrectly. The latest and most prolific of these second guesses being the configuration of the conferences. Well we are here to re-draft all that, and to invent teleporting while we are at it... bear with me here.

A few weeks ago I had an idea to basically treat all the NCAA schools and athletic programs as free agents, with 6 commissioners holding a fantasy style draft to fill up their empty conferences. Thanks to some overwhelmingly positive response from many of my SB Nation blogging peers, this idea developed and became what you will read below: The SB Nation Conference Re-Draft Project.

GAME OBJECTIVES

The purposes of the fantasy draft are: (1) to explore the values of individual schools by drafting them sequentially, and (2) to have fun strategically building a conference of schools.

There will be six conferences, and such conferences are NOT meant to be new versions of current conferences. That is, the objective of the game is not to create tweaked versions of what we already have. The goal is to draft schools based on their overall value, and to compile a conference of teams strategically and coherently.

What makes a school valuable? Well as one of the six conference commissioners, we leave that largely up to you, with a few important guidelines. First, bearing in mind that we are drafting athletics conferences, athletics should be weighted heaviest, if not exclusively.

While obviously we must consider athletics, the following are factors you may, but are not required to consider:

Academics
Co-eds
Weather/Desirability of Destination
Historic Success
Traditions
TV Revenue Potential
Ethics
Rivalries (two teams)

On the flipside, for purposes of this game there are two factors that are NOT to be considered. First, do not take travel/geographic concerns into consideration (I told you we invented teleporting). In real life, Washington and Florida are unrealistic conference partners; in our world, that doesn't matter -- neither from a travel or time zone standpoint. Second, and related, while we may take individual rivalries into consideration (e.g. pairing Michigan and Ohio State), preservation of current conference history/rivalry/alliance is not to be considered. Hopefully for obvious reasons.

Finally, the goal is not to improve the status quo. The goal is not to create a conference that will actually play games. The goal is to use a draft to value schools and have fun strategically grouping them together.

In sum, there is no single way that schools must be valued and/or grouped together. Some may wish to create the best conference of all-around athletics-academics combination. Others may want to create a revenue superpower. There are any number of valid ways to do this. The only limitation is not creating a group that is based on regional and historical ties. Time to wipe the slate clean and start over.
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In a world where everything has taken the form of a fantasy draft, why not realign the NCAA?

Thought it was interesting enough to post on here, maybe even get one of our own going if anyone's bored enough:grin:

BTW, here's how things have shaken out so far:

-- Twelve Pack (Us): Duke (Texas, Georgia, U.C.L.A., Wisconsin, Washington)
-- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: Kansas (Florida, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Miami (Fla.), Auburn)
-- Team Speed Kills: California (Alabama, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Arizona)
-- Conference TMZ: Maryland (Ohio State, Florida State, Louisville, Michigan State, West Virginia)
-- The House of a Thousand Sanctions: Kentucky (USC, Notre Dame, Oregon, Tennessee, Syracuse)
-- The Cult Of Les Miles: Iowa (LSU, Michigan, North Carolina, Stanford, Arkansas)
Code:
1	1. Texas	2. Florida	3. Alabama	4. Ohio State	        5. USC	        6. LSU
2	12. Georgia	11. Penn State	10. Oklahoma	9. Florida State	8. Notre Dame	7. Michigan
3	13. U.C.L.A.	14. Via Tech	15. Nebraska	16. Louisville	        17. Oregon      18. North Carolina
4	24. Wisconsin	23. Miami FL	22. Texas A&M	21. Michigan State	20. Tennessee	19. Stanford
5	25. Washington	26. Auburn	27. Arizona	28. West Virginia	29. Syracuse	30. Arkansas
6	36. Duke	35. Kansas	34. California	33. Maryland	        32. Kentucky    31. Iowa

ivenovember · Jun 30, 2011

No TCU in 36 schools...must be a mistake.

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