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Knight Commission makes drastic recommendations for reforming FBS football, including ditching the NCAA
Please clarify. The Knight Commission recommended that BCS schools move to the NCFA. BCS includes 10 conferences and approximately 120 universities. There are 5 Power 5 conferences with about 60 universities and 5 Group of 5 conferences also with about 60 universities. Is the Knight Commission implying that the BCS be divided into 2 Divisions. The BCS for the Power 5 conferences which would be under the NCFA. And a new Division for the Group of 5 conferences that would stay in the NCAA. The implications would be interesting.
1. Most of the Group of 5 universities want to compete at the highest level so many would want to move to the NCFA. This will lead to major realignment of the conferences (which may be a good thing, think schools that are closer together geographically.
2. Some Power 5 universities like Wake Forest, Vanderbilt may want to stay in NCAA again leading to conference realignments.
3. The end result would be 5 college football divisions: