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It's crazy how lazy journalism has become. 90% of the article is the same as the ones I've been reading the past few days. They just insert a little detail at the beginning or end to tailor it to a specific team.

The one step further should be calling for a committee of the G5's most successful alumni of any kind to participate in a committee that would chart a course forward for G5 schools athletic interests. This matter cannot be left open to only G5 athletic directors because, if we know anything, we know they rarely act in the interests of their employers. I'm not even sure they should participate at all. Everything else can wait until the findings of this committee are complete and made public. If that involves inviting P5 schools, then they can cross that bridge after the recommendations are published. There is no current roadmap for anything going on in college football, and that's why it is a mess. G5 schools need a thoughtful roadmap to put themselves on course.

I think it would be a challenging task to get next year’s OOC schedule right. There is a lot of talent on paper, but how long do they need to play as a unit. Not to mention ironing out the rotations.

I hope nobody was paid to create this promotional schedule.

I have normally been against a lot of your views on this stuff, but the recent ruling in favor of direct payment to players for just the P4 schools really pushed me to your side. If I were the commissioner of the MAC, I'd do what GP1 said and publicly call for a meeting with all G5 ADs but I'd go one step further. I'd invite any Power Conference institution that wants to get back to the more traditional roots of collegiate athletics to join. The sales pitch is a league where they'd be towards the top competitively and would be heroes saving traditional college athletics instead of the villains that power conferences have become. Once I have an agreement among AD's, take the idea to YouTube, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, etc. Go get exclusive streaming rights money. In the contract, include revenue sharing for the players that comes from the streaming company, not the schools. Have zero restrictions on NIL potential, but make NIL contractual to promote commitment to the school. Do not allow any scheduling outside of the league. No "FCS" schools, no schools from the now-semi-pro league. Keep it all in house. Operate the schedule like the NFL with set rotations, no pay days, etc. Play all playoff games on campus with a neutral site championship. Do this for every sport.

We can't emphasize this enough. The schools you mentioned do nothing for the conference and fans don't care when they come to town. My completely unrealistic pipe dream would be to merge the MAC and SunBelt while cutting some dead weight to make a new conference with a north and south division.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Sj6rsPpPZ/?igsh=bWRoODYzazE2bTR4 Chong has transferred to Tulsa 😞