BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
Buckeyefrankmp;1995162; said:
I stand corrected. My apologies.rampageripster;1995163; said:
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Mrstickball;1995170; said:
BTHC.
Once that gets going, I think hockey will become a revenue sport for the conference and they'll have it on their own network. I don't even give a shit about hockey outside of the Olympics and I'm excited for it.
Add Notre Dame and Toronto to that mix and it can become a very big deal. It's a potential market that is not within reach of any of the other BCS conferences.
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rampageripster
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My only concern is how to transfer from the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) to the NCAA... I just wonder if it is actually possible, lots of red tape...
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rampageripster
Senior
jlb1705;1995182; said:
It's less the initial movement... it's about making the NCAA an international entity... that has implications all the way from scholarships to taxes to regulations to just about any day to day operation
though I think the potential financial windfall and general mind explosions of our friends down south would make it all worth it
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bassbuckeye07
Hall of Fame
jlb1705;1995189; said:Didn't know he started his own university. :tongue2:
there are a lot of things you may not know about Simon Fraser....for example: did you know he hiked the himalayas and killed a Yeti
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PlanetFrnd
Head Coach
bassbuckeye07;1995191; said:
Good thing, too... Yetis stink like shit.
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A couple points, not to pee in everyones' cheerios, but ...
1) I have been lead to believe that Canadian college hockey is not very good, or popular. Anybody with talent goes to the CJHL and gets paid right out of high school. Or elementary school.
2) Toronto's on-campus stadium for football seats ~5,000 people. They're playing a sport with different rules (larger field dimensions, 12 players, only 3 downs) and different strategies, and they've been doing that at about a Div. III/NAIA level (and poorly) for 15 years. Their kids would get killed lining up to defend I-formation runs with two TEs and a lead FB. It would take years, if not decades, to transition them to an FBS-level school.
3) TV sets? Fan interest? The entire population of Canada is ~34M. The state of California has 37M+ alone. Texas has 25M+.
To be honest, I'd rather attempt to raid the Ivy League before adding Toronto.
1) I have been lead to believe that Canadian college hockey is not very good, or popular. Anybody with talent goes to the CJHL and gets paid right out of high school. Or elementary school.
2) Toronto's on-campus stadium for football seats ~5,000 people. They're playing a sport with different rules (larger field dimensions, 12 players, only 3 downs) and different strategies, and they've been doing that at about a Div. III/NAIA level (and poorly) for 15 years. Their kids would get killed lining up to defend I-formation runs with two TEs and a lead FB. It would take years, if not decades, to transition them to an FBS-level school.
3) TV sets? Fan interest? The entire population of Canada is ~34M. The state of California has 37M+ alone. Texas has 25M+.
To be honest, I'd rather attempt to raid the Ivy League before adding Toronto.
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:pMrstickball
Heisman
Dryden;1995214; said:
Thus my question of how fast they could make it viable. A good program could be made pretty quickly IF they showed that they were serious about it. Programs in good locations like USF and UCF have been built very quickly.
As for your TV set argument - Texas, California and such have split interests in who they watch. In Canada, its unlikely that such a thing would occur and Toronto is in and around the largest metro area of Canada.
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