I've heard that it won't work. It messes with final exams or something. Not enough time.
As if the “scholar/athletes” have much in the way of exams to worry about. That aside, they could extend the season by a couple of weeks.
They still make the players take exams? I thought they sorted that out decades ago.
True enough. Even the division playoff games after Thanksgiving weekend mess with finals week. Nothing like a last minute game out of town on a bus for two days and then finals when you get back starting on Monday morning.
Complete horse hockey excuse mongering by the NCAA. Div 2 and 3 use playoffs in that same window, if the schools that actually care about educating students can pull it off so can the factories ruled by the athletics department.