No Earned Access in Division II Football Playoffs

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   Name: Chris Judd on Nov 12, 2007

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   Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

   Comments: Hope this works but it's tough to overcome the self-seving members on the selection comittee.

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   Name: Rusty Strouth on Nov 12, 2007

   Comments: This is a joke..."Earned Access" To me, earned access is when you go 10-1, share your conference title, and lead the NCAA in several statistical categories. Earned access is when you are in the top 6 in the region and actually should have earned a playoff spot.

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   Name: Allen Hodgson on Nov 12, 2007

   Comments: I saw C-N play live, and I watched many D-2 games on TV this season (including the top GSC teams). This process has demeaned C-N, the SAC, D-2, and also the teams that were given playoff spots they did not earn. Please fix this mess.

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   Name: Philip Barger on Nov 12, 2007

   Comments: Playoffs are for the best teams...

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   Name: Andy Fry on Nov 12, 2007

   Comments: You need to fix your seeding system, it is horrible!

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   Name: GVFOOTBALL on Nov 12, 2007

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   Name: Mitch Baton on Nov 12, 2007

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   Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Curtis on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Earned access has no value in the word Champion, or Championship.

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    Name: Michael Gaskin on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: DO away with earned access!!!!

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Earned Access = Affirmative Action for "historically black" colleges in D2 football

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    Name: David Tucker on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Andy Fendley on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Travesty. Please think about the Human Side of sport and what you are doing to these young mens lives.

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    Name: Kyle Swift on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Eric Dabney on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: A playoff system should include the top team to compete for a national championship. To select teams that are not of that caliber is rewarding teams for not being equal to the challenge. Denying deserving teams is contrary to the spirit of competition. This rule creates animosity towards conferences that are given a "free pass" to compete. If you did the same thing in the BCS, can you imagine the uproar if an 8 - 3 team from the WAC were selected ahead of a Big Ten team with a 10 -1 record to compete in a BCS Bowl

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    Name: Kyle Swift on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Shawn Graham on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Earned Access let Albany state in the playoffs last year and Valdosta state was left out in the cold And VSU beat ASU head to head. Now how in the world does Earned Access work if you can't beat the people in your region, yet you still don't make the playoffs. I like everything about DII playoffs except this rule. I guess when you complain enough about not making the playoffs eventually somebody will feel sorry for you and make a rule for the complainers to get in.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Please delete the Earned Access Rule as it does not allow the most deserving teams to play in the playoffs.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Shaun Tirgrath on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: The rule needs to be changed now!!!!! This is blatant discrimination and has grounds for civil action. The NCAA should be ashamed of it self and do the right thing immediately!!!!!

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    Name: Travis Peterman on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: George Sutphen on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Daniel on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Mike Clowney on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Carey Baker on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: What happened to Carson Newman is a travesty.

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    Name: Adam Tirgrath on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: The NCAA should be embarrassed by this.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Mike Houston on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: John Heil on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Brett T. Marchant on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Troy Lehan on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Clearly a 10-1 team should be allowed in to the playoff far and above a team that is 8-3 who will loose in the first round of the playoffs. It is not good for the competition level of the playoffs and it is not good for NCAA Division 2 Football as a whole.

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    Name: Bob Via on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Donald C. Humphreys on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Successful teams are being unfairly punished by the earned access rule. These teams often have a large number of minority players. This rule needs to be changed to permit the best teams to play in the post season.

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    Name: Phil on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Totally agree. Be fair gentlemen. Let those who EARN the right to go to the playoffs go. EARNING access and EARNING the right are totally different. Let's get it right.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: I think this is crazy! A Carson Newman team of 10-1 got ousted by a 8-3 team Come on.....what's up with that All the hard work and dedication they put into this year's program......and what kind of thanks do they get NONE!

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    Name: Kenny Aurandt on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Teams getting into playoffs under this rule are not "earning" anything. They are excluding teams that are more desrving. '

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    Name: Ashleigh Judd on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Teena Trent on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: I agree with the sponsoring individual that Earned Access is a farce, it is NOT earned, but given. Teams MUST EARN their payoff birth, not have it GIVEN to them by default.

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    Name: Barry Trent on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: I concur with Mr Judd. It is unfair to select weaker teams for NCAA playoffs for any reason. The playoff system should include the top teams - that is what playoff competition is about ! The players, fans and alumni expect more from the NCAA than a flawed and discriminatory selection system.

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    Name: Andy W. Davis on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: North Alabama alumnus '96; avid supporter of NCAA Division II

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    Name: Stuart Smith on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Kent Stanger on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Any good purpose of Earned Access can't outway the situation presented with CNC

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    Name: Cliff Higgs on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Johnny L. Leggett on Nov 12, 2007

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    Name: Jess Fisher on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: What happened re c-n is obscene. they were denied access to the playoffs by a very mediocre team with an 8-3 record who had previously canceled a contract to play C-N in the regular season because they knew they would get their a-- beat. This is an award for being mediocre. This is welfare access, which is what you liberals who made up this stupid rule promote. What ever happened to earning something. You earn something by being the best.. The idiots who made this so called earned access rule are total pathetic losers, who I hope the worst happens to. America is supposed to award the best, not award a bunch of mediocre losers.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: Earned Access is not needed. The best should make it to the playoffs, period. It's not "Earned Access", its "Unearned Access". Shaw did not earn the right to be in the playoffs. Carson-Newman is one of the best teams in the nation and should be in with Catawba.

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: This makes no sense whatsoever and reeks of some agenda other than fairness. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Maybe the NCAA has forgotten they work for the institutions not the other way around.

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    Name: Suzanne Ogle on Nov 12, 2007

    Comments: What a shame! CN team worked so hard and deserved better. I am proud of them.

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