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Baseball Season starting in mid-March? CWS in July? Introducing the ‘New College Baseball Model’

Franisdaman

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Starting the season in mid-March vs mid-February would be huge.

Iowa's first game this season was on Feb 14 vs Kent State in Florida.

Iowa played 9 games on the road between Feb 14 and March 1:
* 3 were in Florida
* 3 in San Diego
* 3 in Minneapolis' US Bank Stadium


On March 3, Iowa hosted Grand View.

March 6-8, Iowa traveled back to Florida for 3 games.

March 10-11, Iowa hosted Kansas.

March 13-15, Iowa was scheduled to be in CA to play Cal-State Northridge. These games were canceled due to the covid 19 pandemic.


Check this story out.


 
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It would be a great thing for baseball as a whole. You’d reduce costs, and probably get more games in. Imagine Iowa hosting several non conference series to start the year or even having a couple teams come in.
 
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It would be a great thing for baseball as a whole. You’d reduce costs, and probably get more games in. Imagine Iowa hosting several non conference series to start the year or even having a couple teams come in.
I updated the orig post; the difference between starting in mid Feb vs mid March would be huge.

I wonder if the teams in the South will block these proposals.
 
Zero reason for the southern schools to vote no. It absolutely will mean northern schools won't travel even half as much. It makes too much sense not to do this.
 
Zero reason for the southern schools to vote no. It absolutely will mean northern schools won't travel even half as much. It makes too much sense not to do this.

No offense, but zero reason to vote no?? They have tons of reasons to reasons to vote no, mostly not very 'nice.' Southern schools have a huge advantage over northern schools with weather and thus with recruiting, travel, etc. How many times have 'northern' schools tried to get this to change? It's dumb that baseball and softball start this early and every time this topic comes up it's common sense to make this change, but it hasn't ever happened. I wonder how many times has it come up and been shot down by other schools & NCAA? It would be great to see it happen for both sports, but I'm not holding my breath for it.
 
There have been two truly significant attempts to revise the DI Baseball schedule over the last 30 years. Neither was successful over the long term. While Coach Bakich has been able to muster more support from southern coaches this time around, there are still plenty across the country that are quietly in opposition. There is also disagreement among more than a few northern coaches (and their administrators). Coach Bakich should be commended in his efforts, but there are still some holes that need to be filled and some sticking points that will need to be addressed.

If there is true interest in reforming the sport, we should see the process pick up over the next few months.
 
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One of the biggest reasons this is a good idea is the financial aspect. The cost of travel, not to mention per diem, is going to be a problem for non revenue sports. Especially if the cash cow of football is going to be hit in any way. From a competitive standpoint, that answer is obvious.
 
Here is the Rick Heller interview. Really GOOD stuff. The CWS in July would work for ESPN's coverage. It will be great for the BTN and other conference TV networks when it comes to their programming, too.

When you get a second, listen to this 18 minute discussion by skipping ahead to the 30:30 mark. And that goes for you, too, @WestIAHawk , you, well, you know.... ;)

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Here is the Rick Heller interview. Really GOOD stuff. The CWS in July would work for ESPN's coverage. It will be great for the BTN and other conference TV networks when it comes to their programming, too.

When you get a second, listen to this 18 minute discussion by skipping ahead to the 30:30 mark. And that goes for you, too, @WestIAHawk , you, well, you know.... ;)

HIT THE PLAY BUTTON BELOW:

Thanks Fran! Good stuff. Would have been interesting to see what the Hawks could have done this year. WIN B1G!!! Host a Regional? Make a Super Regional?

Thanks again!
 
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