Is a Division IV for football a good thing?

[eyekwah]

This week five major conference commissioners have expressed a desire for basically a football D-IV for themselves. I'm not sure this is a good thing. While Iowa and Iowa State both are; in essence, grandfathered into the Division, it may not be in the best interest of either. The financial gap between all the potential members of D-IV and the financials gaps within a conference do not portend everything will be great for all. The Register carried a story about the gap between Texas and ISU recently. ISU has 1/3 the budget of Texas. Iowa is basically middle tier in the B1G and OSU is the top in budget.

It is very possible college football conferences are just as likely to fall apart because about half the teams in D-IV can't match up with the Texas' and Ohio States.

 

[kicker22]

This week five major conference commissioners have expressed a desire for basically a football D-IV for themselves. I'm not sure this is a good thing. While Iowa and Iowa State both are; in essence, grandfathered into the Division, it may not be in the best interest of either. The financial gap between all the potential members of D-IV and the financials gaps within a conference do not portend everything will be great for all. The Register carried a story about the gap between Texas and ISU recently. ISU has 1/3 the budget of Texas. Iowa is basically middle tier in the B1G and OSU is the top in budget.

It is very possible college football conferences are just as likely to fall apart because about half the teams in D-IV can't match up with the Texas' and Ohio States.

I see your point, but what's the difference between the projection of this in the future and the way things are now?

 

[kicker22]

The real question is if these teams go into a division of their own, how many teams from lesser divisions do they play OOC?