Teams Declining to Play in the NIT/College Crown Tourneys

[jessej]

MSN

College Football has seen a small increase in teams declining Bowl Bids
Proportionally the number of College Basketball programs declining Major Tourney Bids (NIT and College Crown Bid) is similar on a percentage basis

Personally, I was looking forward to seeing Seton Hall and Indiana in the College Crown

Should teams be forced to accept any Post-Season bid?

I'd say yes under these circumstances
a) Tournaments are not pay-to-play
b) At least 8 scholarship players on the roster
c) Regular season head coach is still the head coach

For the Old Folks
UCLA, in the 0's, is the first program that i can remember declining an NIT Bid as it was "beneath them"

Is this compatible in the NIL/Free Agent Era?

Discuss

 

[GMUgemini]

If it’s run by the NCAA yes (which in our case would be the NCAA, NIT, WBIT, and women’s NCAA championships).

If it’s an outside group hosting (Crown, all bowl games outside the college football playoffs) I don’t see how you can compel anyone to say yes to them.