NCAA puts bowl games on notice, 'Legal Bowl' to follow

15 May 2008, 2:32 pm

From Senator Blutarsky, the NCAA has put every bowl on notice that they are not "guaranteed" to get two bowl eligible teams for their games this year. Mr. College Football has the deets: The NCAA sent out an interesting letter to all the bowls last week. The letter essentially said that while the NCAA has certified 34 bowls for next season, that certification does not guarantee that a team will be available for any bowl. It is a pre-emptive move by the NCAA to ward off litigation in case there aren’t enough teams with at least six wins to fill the bowls. Some of the bowl execs I talked to want to know: “If you were worried about having enough teams, why did you certify two more bowls?” This could get nasty. Right now a bowl cannot take a team unless it has a 6-6 record or better. This December a bowl could be in a situation where it has to petition the NCAA for a waiver to take a 5-7 team. If that happens the NCAA will get hammered in the court of public opinion. And it should. So... let me get this straight. The NCAA has certified 34 bowl games this year, thus opening 68 slots for the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. But... just because a bowl game is approved doesn't mean that the NCAA will let a team play in said bowl. Rrrrrright. How would you like to be a fly on the wall when the NCAA calls ESPN, the [Insert Name Here] Bowl committee and the corporate sponsor to break the news that there aren't enough six win or better teams to go around?! What's the Buffett song? Send lawyers, drugs, and money? Yeah, exactly. © fanblogs.comView the original post or comment on NCAA puts bowl games on notice, 'Legal Bowl' to follow... ... read more