Jeff Schemmel, founder and president of College Sports Solutions (disclosure: I have consulted with them as an independent contractor in the past), says cost-saving measures are being discussed by conferences around the country. Bowling Green, which hosted the 20 women’s soccer championships estimates it lost an average of $7,000 each time it hosted, in addition to the money it paid into the shared pool for championships. However, schools say that’s never enough to cover all of the hosting costs, so host schools have to absorb the excess expenditures. The MAC has a shared cost model that requires each member to pay a specified amount toward league championship events. “The regular season conference finish will now be the goal in several sports due to the championship event being removed.”īoth participating in and hosting championship tournaments involve significant costs for schools. There are too many changes to comment specifically, but our student-athletes and fans will see more games being played between MAC schools in almost every program, with more home games in some sports,” said Nielsen. “The changes affect every program in the MAC equally. Kent State athletic director Joel Nielsen says the move will increase conference play and result in more home games for some sports. “It should be noted that every MAC student-athlete will have an opportunity to compete for a Conference championship and earn an opportunity for participation in NCAA championship competition, similar to how other conferences are set up such as the PAC 12 and Ivy League currently,” said Sayler.

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