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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2023 19:23:57 GMT -5
I wonder if this spells the death knell for the WNIT, which is not owned by the NCAA
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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2023 19:26:54 GMT -5
Maybe not:
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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2023 19:47:01 GMT -5
How bad is a team going to have to be to miss out on a post season invite
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 17, 2023 19:47:36 GMT -5
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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2023 19:48:26 GMT -5
WNIT is not, founded by & still owned I think by Triple Crown Sports
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Post by bison137 on Jul 17, 2023 19:53:56 GMT -5
Hopefully, the WNIT will survive, since it guarantees at least one spot to every league. The new NCAA version will clearly not guarantee spots to midmajor leagues.
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Post by HC13 on Jul 17, 2023 20:17:27 GMT -5
Hopefully, the WNIT will survive, since it guarantees at least one spot to every league. The new NCAA version will clearly not guarantee spots to midmajor leagues. Perhaps, but they have not yet announced format or selection process. |
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Post by bison137 on Jul 17, 2023 21:49:01 GMT -5
Hopefully, the WNIT will survive, since it guarantees at least one spot to every league. The new NCAA version will clearly not guarantee spots to midmajor leagues. Perhaps, but they have not yet announced format or selection process. With a 32 team field, if they invited a team from every conference that would fill up the entire field. They wouldn’t even be able to invite one at large team. That would cost them a lot of potential revenue. |
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jul 17, 2023 23:12:20 GMT -5
WNIT....
Tick tock.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 18, 2023 1:01:26 GMT -5
I don't know which entity I'm rooting for, a private company obviously making money or wouldn't have continued sponsoring the tournament for 25 years, but who filled a void for women's athletics, or the Evil Empire, the NCAA. I guess I'll root for the WNIT and the PL's autobid.
This is like the pre-merger AFL and NFL when some players got drafted by both leagues. What will the PL autobid holder do if it is also invited to the WBIT? Maybe the NCAA has budgeted enough to make their secondary tournament more rewarding to participating schools than the existing secondary tournament. Then you would have a tax exempt entity trying to put a tax paying entity out of business. What a country, as Yakov Smirnoff would say.
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Post by dharry13 on Jul 18, 2023 7:24:23 GMT -5
To the larger point. This is foolish. 148 teams get an opportunity to play after the season? This is AAU part 2. Anybody can create a team and play in tournies even if you stink. It’s a money grab and everyone gets a trophy. Trust me when I say I honestly don’t give a hoot about this because I won’t watch it, but to have 148 teams playing? This is foolish in my opinion
I think HC women’s basketball is great. And on the men’s side it’s foolish too. NCAA, NIT are great. That’s it. CBI, etc - just waters it down to much.
But if it works - all the power to them.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 18, 2023 7:26:16 GMT -5
I'd love to learn how the WBIT thinks it will survive financially.
Is this a pay to play tournament?
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Post by timholycross on Jul 18, 2023 8:09:53 GMT -5
To the larger point. This is foolish. 148 teams get an opportunity to play after the season? This is AAU part 2. Anybody can create a team and play in tournies even if you stink. It’s a money grab and everyone gets a trophy. Trust me when I say I honestly don’t give a hoot about this because I won’t watch it, but to have 148 teams playing? This is foolish in my opinion I think HC women’s basketball is great. And on the men’s side it’s foolish too. NCAA, NIT are great. That’s it. CBI, etc - just waters it down to much. But if it works - all the power to them. I agree except I'd replace the word "money" by "power". Very, very little profit to be made in running or playing in women's consolation tournaments. |
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