With all the attention given recently to the BCS and possibility of moving to a +1 or playoffs system, it would be easy to miss another NCAA championship outside of Division I. In the next couple of weeks Houston will play host to multiple Division II championships for competitors at the Division II level. These sports, golf, softball, baseball and tennis, rarely get fanfare even at the Division I level, but this time in Houston the competitors will be treated like the champions they are. The week of festivities will include opening and closing ceremonies just like the Olympics before finishing out with the championship competitions. Giving an Olympic type feel to some of the lesser viewed sports is a great way to give them some of the same emotion that both football, basketball and baseball receive. These teams and players compete just as hard as football and basketball players and should be awarded with some of the fanfare. Obviously with tradition and precedent it is a little more difficult to put together such a series of events. Seeing that Omaha has signed a contract to have the College World Series for the next MILLION years things would have to be modified for the Division I level. But let's start somewhere, and maybe the place to start is right here in Atlanta. The city already hosted the Olympics, how much more difficult could it be to put together facilities for Tennis, softball and golf (I mean who doesn't want to play some of the links in the Metro area). Something to think about.
~Jason Boral
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