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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These recommendations were made as a way to make the US more competitive in soccer? Ok, I get why US soccer and pro leagues would want that, but why is that of any concern or a goal for colleges? That’s not a goal for other college sports. This whole report seems like a pipe dream and I don’t see why colleges would do any of it. How does this help the colleges at all?[/quote]

A lot of what would be helping college, in particular on the mens side, is the trying to regionalize the play more so than it is now - I quickly read through, but the creation of regional pods that would play and a tiered system is a goal to try to cut down on travel expenses for the schools.  Then they would come together to play in a 64 team end of season tournament.

Also, spreading out the season to a Fall-Spring model can help schools again by spreading out the games over a longer period of time, thus lessening the impact.

It's interesting to see what they are thinking - I really like the longer season idea for sure.  I like some of the thoughts on more regional play.  While some things may be more pipe-dreamish, I don't think the season length is one of those.  [/quote]
Conference realignment and more regional play does have appeal but only if it occurs for all college sports and not just soccer. And it's hard to see that happening anytime soon since the conferences have only just started to nationalize (Stanford and Cal to the ACC, USC and UCLA to the Big Ten). Why would colleges want to have separate conferences for different sports? And why would colleges want to have a year round season just for soccer? No other college sport has a spread out season like this. This report is proposing that colleges have all these special rules and differences just for one sport. And it's a sport that colleges don't really care about because it doesn't bring in money. That's why it's a pipe dream.
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College soccer is already fragmented since not all conferences are sponsoring men's programs - See Big12 and SEC.

Also, the whole nationalization of conferences like the ACC, Big10, etc is even more of a reason to fix things.  It is a cost killer to have your low revenue sports flying out to CA to play league games.   It really seems like the major sports like Football have incentive to break off and do their own thing -  Funnel things down even more into large "super" conferences and leave the other sports to regionalize.

Regarding a longer season, it is happening elsewhere.  Hoops starts in early November and runs into April if you make the far in the tournament.  College Hockey is playing now and their Frozen 4 finals are in March.  Soccer wouldn't be much different.  [/quote]
It all sounds good if your angle is to make things better for soccer, particularly professional leagues and national teams. But that is not how colleges look at it. What is the incentive to a college to make these changes for one sport? Do other college sports like baseball, volleyball, lacrosse, and field hockey also get to have their own structures and rules? It makes no sense from the college's standpoint. Unless maybe if there is significant revenue attached which is why football and basketball march madness can do these things.[/quote]

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