College baseball schedule

[KC Shox]

Saw this on AZ's board. Interesting perspective from warm weather schools. Although I like the idea of the uniform start date, I do think it puts a lot of pressure on the student-atheletes from an academic and physical standpoint. No other sport puts this much pressure on their players given the amount of scholarships given out.

College baseball still has some work to do.

http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/237501

[SB Shock]

Oh well. Why shouldn't the warm weather schools have to shoulder some of the pain that cold weather schools have to endure?

How many really believe that the warm weather schools are really concerned about "academics"?

It's simple either extend the backend of the season so the schedule is not compressed or lose some games.

[Cdizzle]

Welcome to the party, pals.

[t7017s]

Welcome to the party, pals.

Exactly. We get it done year in and out. Hell its not uncommon for about 70% of our team to be on the honor roll every year. Just another reason any talk of Gene leaving is asinine and something I wouldn't trade any number of national championships for as a fan.

[BostonWu]

The talk over academic concerns is rubbish. Does any recall when Harvard began their season?

[CharlieHog]

The talk over academic concerns is rubbish. Does any recall when Harvard began their season?

March. And the Ivy League plays a shorter schedule. Their season is already over.

[BostonWu]

The best solution, some say, might be a total split between warm-weather and cold-weather schools. Teams like Arizona could compete under the old rules, while cold-weather schools would play well into summertime.
"Everybody would have good weather. Everybody would have good crowds. The academics would probably improve," Delany said. "I'm not suggesting that things should be that way, but that would be fair to everybody."

How the heck would this work? Would there be two separate championships? Or would there be a delay in the CWS in Omaha? This totally confuses me.

[SHOCKvalue]

The uniform start date was just a drop in the barrel towards college baseball's predicament. The warm weather schools need to suck it up and deal with the same scheduling issues others' have had to deal with since the sport's collegiate conception.

If the NCAA bumped out the schedule towards the back end of the season, got rid of the aluminum bats, and modified the odd scholly allotment, I think college baseball as a whole would take a large leap forward.

Sorry to be Captain Obvious the Thread Highjacker this morning. :D

[CharlieHog]

If the NCAA bumped out the schedule towards the back end of the season, got rid of the aluminum bats, and modified the odd scholly allotment, I think college baseball as a whole would take a large leap forward.

If college baseball went to wood bats, and full scholarship allotments, you would see a LOT of schools drop baseball. Don't see how that would help.

One of the best things about college baseball is the large number of quality teams and the parity that you just don't see in other sports.

[SHOCKvalue]

If the NCAA bumped out the schedule towards the back end of the season, got rid of the aluminum bats, and modified the odd scholly allotment, I think college baseball as a whole would take a large leap forward.

If college baseball went to wood bats, and full scholarship allotments, you would see a LOT of schools drop baseball. Don't see how that would help.

One of the best things about college baseball is the large number of quality teams and the parity that you just don't see in other sports.

I'm aware of the costs associate with wood bats, as well as the Title 9 issues with adding schollies. I may be naive in saying this, but neither of those issues would cause the majority of D1 schools to drop baseball. More like taking the dead growth out of an unhealthy tree so that it can then thrive.

When I mentioned "large leap forward" I was referring to national perception/popularity and keeping many higher quality and/or lower income recruits out of the farm systems and into college. I really feel a transition to full schollies and using the same batting equipment as the entire world of pro ball, would do nothing but help college baseball.

Your opinion may vary. 8)

[CharlieHog]

I wasn't even talking about Title IX when I mentioned scholarships, just the cost associated. Many schools don't even give the 11.7 they are allowed to because they can't afford it, but they are still competitive.

If schools were allowed to give 25 full scholarships you would see the parity disappear. The power teams would give out 25 scholarships and good players would never go to smaller programs. And if programs were no longer able to be competitive, baseball would be the first sport cut because of budget and Title IX.

I go back and forth on the scholarship issue. It's unfair to the players (it's unfair to every athlete on a partial scholarship and that includes a lot more than baseball players.) But then again I love the parity of college baseball.



I'm against wood bats in general for college. Across the board, college players are not that good. Only a small % of them will go on to professional baseball. Fans do not want to sit through 2-1 games were only a few balls are hit out of the infield. Aluminum bats make the game more exciting.


I think college baseball is doing great. Attendance is up every single year. I don't think it needs to be "fixed" in any dramatic way.

[Ta town]

I wasn't even talking about Title IX when I mentioned scholarships, just the cost associated. Many schools don't even give the 11.7 they are allowed to because they can't afford it, but they are still competitive.

If schools were allowed to give 25 full scholarships you would see the parity disappear. The power teams would give out 25 scholarships and good players would never go to smaller programs. And if programs were no longer able to be competitive, baseball would be the first sport cut because of budget and Title IX.

I go back and forth on the scholarship issue. It's unfair to the players (it's unfair to every athlete on a partial scholarship and that includes a lot more than baseball players.) But then again I love the parity of college baseball.



I'm against wood bats in general for college. Across the board, college players are not that good. Only a small % of them will go on to professional baseball. Fans do not want to sit through 2-1 games were only a few balls are hit out of the infield. Aluminum bats make the game more exciting.


I think college baseball is doing great. Attendance is up every single year. I don't think it needs to be "fixed" in any dramatic way.

dude I have to disagree with that wood bat statement. Sure scoring would be down but you act like noboby could get it to the outfield. A lot of college players play in summer leagues that use wood bats all the time or at least some of the time. I think you would see enough offense AND games would be tighter and more entertaining.

[CharlieHog]

dude I have to disagree with that wood bat statement. Sure scoring would be down but you act like noboby could get it to the outfield. A lot of college players play in summer leagues that use wood bats all the time or at least some of the time. I think you would see enough offense AND games would be tighter and more entertaining.

Most of the games I watch are close, and very entertaining.

I just happen to like scoring. I like home runs. I can appreciate a 2-1 pitchers duel but I have to admit I like it better when my team gives me more to cheer about.

It's a moot point anyway, really, because it's cost prohibitive as was mentioned earlier.


Like I said I really don't see anything wrong with college baseball.