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Post by midwestfan on May 23, 2004 16:43:01 GMT -5
I saw this on another board. It was written by a D3 coach. I found this interesting and I think it has merrit. I have thought for awhile that men's volleyball is governed by those who are only looking our for their own best interests and not the overall survival of the sport. It is interesting to have a coach state it as such. But what do you guys think?
"The NCAA does not take an active role in the Men's game (unlike the women's). Decisions are made by a small group of people who are often more concerned with their own programs (or own agenda) than the sport in-general. This leads to poor organization, as well as poor leadership with regard to ethical questions. It's sad to say, but many D. I Men's Volleyball programs probably have illegal players on their rosters, never mind older players. Until the NCAA takes Men's volleyball seriously (and that means having people in place to make organizational decisions who aren't biased), these will be problems that forever plague the sport."
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Post by vb on May 23, 2004 16:48:19 GMT -5
After seeing first hand...the input of the Fab50 list, I am not surprised at the rule making serving the few. It is too bad that more thought isn't projected into these things.
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Post by VBbeast on May 25, 2004 12:57:00 GMT -5
Men's volleyball has issues. Many of those issues come as a result of insufficient participation. Any sport that is using an "open" division category, which is to say includes multiple divisions is going to have issues.
Rule differences will be a constant source of irritation. Issues that are important to D3 members will mean little to a D1 member and vice versa. It is inevitable. Would things be better for our sport if the NCAA took a more active role in things? Probably, but until we have the numbers participating to warrant that kind of attention its just a pipe dream.
Are there biased decisions being made? Of that you can be sure. Whether its the weekly polls, the All-American awards, or whatever there are some big biases that come into play. but.... I would hesitate to guess the same could be said about most collegiate sports. As a whole we are probably worse than some and better than others.
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