NCAA to vote to override schedule changes
Held this past weekend was the national America Baseball Coaches Association convention. The most concerning issue was what to do with the NCAA Division I college baseball schedule.
Last week the NCAA announced they were set to vote on an override requested to amend the current scheduling process.
As many of you know the NCAA received complaints left and right regarding the universal start date. Among the complaints were how it effect student-athlete travel and classtime spent on the road opposed to travel. That was the politically correct complaint presented by the southern programs.
The honest reason was it exposed their lack of pitching depth, as well as ours here in Columbus, with having to have multiple midweek games, playing five games a week. Something we all know is custom here, pre-Big Ten weekend switch from four to three games.
Anyhow the official NCAA release can be found here While a the article plus a few thoughts from Bowling Green's Danny Schmitz provided courtesy Buckeye State Baseball can be found here (Slight self-promotion)
As you can see all 11 Big Ten institutes were part of the opposition.
Misc.
Other than that news has been quite. We expect Alex Wimmers to be named amongst the Top 100 College Baseball Players in 2010 by the College Baseball Blog, as they enter the final 10 of their countdown. When that happens we will link it.
Also working on a question and answer with the Buckeyes 2010 captains Zach Hurley and Cory Kovanda here in the upcoming days.
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Yahoo Sports/Rivals.com: NCAA draws northern ire with more February baseball
Minneapolis-While most fans equate March and spring with the start of the baseball season, a new NCAA legislative act will make college baseball in February a cold reality.
The NCAA Division I Legislative Council passed a legislative act April 20 adding one week to the college baseball season. As of Monday, 56 teams have petitioned against the new rule, including Minnesota.
The extra week, which will increase the college baseball season from 13 weeks to 14 weeks, will be added to the beginning of the regular season.
While one more week of baseball in February might not be a big deal to southern schools, northern schools such as Minnesota are not welcoming the idea of an extra week of early baseball.
“We are in favor of an extra week at the end of the season — not the beginning,” Gophers assistant coach Rob Fornasiere said. “The extra week goes against what the Big Ten stands for, which is creating parity and equality between teams.”
The legislative move adding one week has been placed in effect immediately, and the extra week of baseball will begin in the 2010 season.
For schools that object to the extra week of early baseball, there is an appeals process. Override requests, which are a formal appeal of the legislative action, can be made by any school. All 11 Big Ten schools have submitted such requests, according to Senior Associate Athletic Director Regina Sullivan . However, just having the Big Ten appeal is not enough.
According to Sullivan, it takes 30 of these override requests for the NCAA committee to reconsider their position. Even at 30 requests, the legislation is still in effect while the committee reconsiders its position. Only at 100 requests is the legislative action suspended pending a formal review.
The deadline to file such requests was Monday, June 29. The NCAA rule committee announced that a total of 56 override requests had been filed by the deadline. This ensures that the rules committee will review the new legislative move, but the extra week will continue to be in effect while the review takes place.
For programs like Minnesota, the short notice of an extra week of baseball leaves them in a precarious position.
“We have no budget for such a last minute thing,” Fornasiere said.
No budget to travel means Minnesota will likely be forced to make up those games by hosting a round-robin tournament. The tournament will be between fellow northern teams, he said.
Where those games will be played also is an issue of concern. The Metrodome — the Gophers’ usual home in the early part of the season — might not be available because of conflicts with already scheduled events.
Pending a successful appeal, northern schools will have to begin planning for an extra week of games to be played in early February.
While Fornasiere said he believes the academic overload of a busy 13-week schedule and the need to provide student-athletes with more of a break was the selling point of the additional week to the committee, it’s reasoning he’s not buying.
The motive of southern teams, who stand to gain three extra home games, as well as allowing their best pitchers to pitch in three more games, is the real motivating factor, Fornasiere said.
“The Big Ten has been doing [the current schedule] for years with academic success,” he said.
Further rule changes
The NCAA Baseball Rules Committee is in an off-year for creating new rules affecting game-play, meaning that no new rules will take effect for next season. However, issues are still discussed with the committee for possible installation in future seasons.
The committee is likely reviewing the issue of bat rolling, or when bats are tampered with illegally to increase performance. The discussion would then lead to looking at a rule change next year, when they convene for a full look at rule-changes.
The NCAA Division I Legislative Council passed a legislative act April 20 adding one week to the college baseball season. As of Monday, 56 teams have petitioned against the new rule, including Minnesota.
The extra week, which will increase the college baseball season from 13 weeks to 14 weeks, will be added to the beginning of the regular season.
While one more week of baseball in February might not be a big deal to southern schools, northern schools such as Minnesota are not welcoming the idea of an extra week of early baseball.
“We are in favor of an extra week at the end of the season — not the beginning,” Gophers assistant coach Rob Fornasiere said. “The extra week goes against what the Big Ten stands for, which is creating parity and equality between teams.”
The legislative move adding one week has been placed in effect immediately, and the extra week of baseball will begin in the 2010 season.
For schools that object to the extra week of early baseball, there is an appeals process. Override requests, which are a formal appeal of the legislative action, can be made by any school. All 11 Big Ten schools have submitted such requests, according to Senior Associate Athletic Director Regina Sullivan . However, just having the Big Ten appeal is not enough.
According to Sullivan, it takes 30 of these override requests for the NCAA committee to reconsider their position. Even at 30 requests, the legislation is still in effect while the committee reconsiders its position. Only at 100 requests is the legislative action suspended pending a formal review.
The deadline to file such requests was Monday, June 29. The NCAA rule committee announced that a total of 56 override requests had been filed by the deadline. This ensures that the rules committee will review the new legislative move, but the extra week will continue to be in effect while the review takes place.
For programs like Minnesota, the short notice of an extra week of baseball leaves them in a precarious position.
“We have no budget for such a last minute thing,” Fornasiere said.
No budget to travel means Minnesota will likely be forced to make up those games by hosting a round-robin tournament. The tournament will be between fellow northern teams, he said.
Where those games will be played also is an issue of concern. The Metrodome — the Gophers’ usual home in the early part of the season — might not be available because of conflicts with already scheduled events.
Pending a successful appeal, northern schools will have to begin planning for an extra week of games to be played in early February.
While Fornasiere said he believes the academic overload of a busy 13-week schedule and the need to provide student-athletes with more of a break was the selling point of the additional week to the committee, it’s reasoning he’s not buying.
The motive of southern teams, who stand to gain three extra home games, as well as allowing their best pitchers to pitch in three more games, is the real motivating factor, Fornasiere said.
“The Big Ten has been doing [the current schedule] for years with academic success,” he said.
Further rule changes
The NCAA Baseball Rules Committee is in an off-year for creating new rules affecting game-play, meaning that no new rules will take effect for next season. However, issues are still discussed with the committee for possible installation in future seasons.
The committee is likely reviewing the issue of bat rolling, or when bats are tampered with illegally to increase performance. The discussion would then lead to looking at a rule change next year, when they convene for a full look at rule-changes.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
NCAA Set to a Add Week to the Season in 2010
By Kendall Rogers
Yahoo Sports
Just over a year after college baseball implemented a uniform start date and condensed schedule, change once again struck the sport Thursday afternoon.
The NCAA Board of Directors voted not to reduce the baseball season from 56 to 52 games. They did, however, approve a measure that adds a week to the start of the regular season, making it 14 weeks instead of the current 13.
The new schedule will go into effect in spring 2010.
Opponents of the measure proposed the NCAA add the extra week at the back of the schedule. The NCAA, however, said that wasn’t possible.
“We wanted to add the week on the front end of the schedule because that’s what our programs are familiar with from the earlier days,” NCAA Division I Vice President David Berst said. “If we had moved the week to the back end of the season, that would’ve made too much of an impact on our championships schedules.”
Though coaches such as Texas A&M’s Rob Childress and LSU’s Paul Mainieri were in favor of adding a week to either end, Michigan’s Rich Maloney was staunchly opposed to the change and wanted the week added to the end of the season. Maloney points to potential financial hardships as a reason for his opposition.
“It will enhance the financial burden that we already to go through, because now we have to add another week to the schedule, likely on the road,” Maloney said. “Adding the week to the start of the season just shoots down the original intent of the uniform start date for our sport.”
What are your initial thoughts? For the move or against the move? Clearly it lightens the load on midweek games, and overall pitching depth, which we could use this season, but it does force the Bucks to spend even more time on the road as Michigan's Rick Maloney points out. Not many people are against the universal start date persay, just the fact it compresses the schedule. Do you think, if they were to add a week, it should be done at the end of the year?
Yahoo Sports
Just over a year after college baseball implemented a uniform start date and condensed schedule, change once again struck the sport Thursday afternoon.
The NCAA Board of Directors voted not to reduce the baseball season from 56 to 52 games. They did, however, approve a measure that adds a week to the start of the regular season, making it 14 weeks instead of the current 13.
The new schedule will go into effect in spring 2010.
Opponents of the measure proposed the NCAA add the extra week at the back of the schedule. The NCAA, however, said that wasn’t possible.
“We wanted to add the week on the front end of the schedule because that’s what our programs are familiar with from the earlier days,” NCAA Division I Vice President David Berst said. “If we had moved the week to the back end of the season, that would’ve made too much of an impact on our championships schedules.”
Though coaches such as Texas A&M’s Rob Childress and LSU’s Paul Mainieri were in favor of adding a week to either end, Michigan’s Rich Maloney was staunchly opposed to the change and wanted the week added to the end of the season. Maloney points to potential financial hardships as a reason for his opposition.
“It will enhance the financial burden that we already to go through, because now we have to add another week to the schedule, likely on the road,” Maloney said. “Adding the week to the start of the season just shoots down the original intent of the uniform start date for our sport.”
What are your initial thoughts? For the move or against the move? Clearly it lightens the load on midweek games, and overall pitching depth, which we could use this season, but it does force the Bucks to spend even more time on the road as Michigan's Rick Maloney points out. Not many people are against the universal start date persay, just the fact it compresses the schedule. Do you think, if they were to add a week, it should be done at the end of the year?
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Wah! Wah!
Quit your crying Andy Lopez and learn to deal with reality. Lopez is the head baseball coach at Arizona who found a sympathetic (and young) ear. Poor Andy is having to learn how to adjust to college baseball's universal start date. Bryan Roy, a student reporter for the Arizona Daily Wildcat, filed a report that Brian Foley was quick to mention on his outstanding blog, The College Baseball Blog. Lopez argues baseball's new schedule hurts academics; uneven competition remains. At least Roy had the sense to interview Rich Maloney at Michigan. Maloney, of course, rubbed it in their face a little bit more.
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