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Straight Talk from Doug Fullerton about the "Illusion of FBS Opportunity"

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Straight Talk from Doug Fullerton about the "Illusion of FBS Opportunity"

I understand that most Lehigh fans (and, for that matter, Patriot League football fans) don’t get into the constant, 365-day-a-year ebb and flow of the goings-on in college athletics, let alone stuff on the divide between the FCS and the FBS.

However, I do.  Probably because I’m insane, but I do.

When the commissioner of the Big Sky Conference Doug Fullerton posted a Q&A session, and followed it up with a Twitter Q&A, though, I paid very close attention.

These types of events are generally of the hit-or-miss variety – sometimes it’s a weak effort to highlight, say, the fact that a “conversation” was held about “membership”, or some other amorphous, read-anything-into-it-you-want statement.

Not so, however, this time around.

What made this particular interchange so extraordinary was its candidness, and Doug’s overall vision of collegiate athletics.  Mr. Fullerton laid it all out there – and, in the process, gave a vision of what may be the future of FCS, FBS, Division I – everything.
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