By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
Braden Keith contributed to this report.
The annual Collegiate Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) meeting is underway and will conclude tomorrow in Chicago.
These meetings provide several networking opportunities for coaches across the country. Last year’s meetings, primarily during the Division I breakout session, were largely focused on the marketability and fan interest of swimming.
Here, a coach who was in the meeting described it as a less contentious affair than last year, citing that even Power 4 coaches in attendance seemed fairly on board with much of the conversation.
Among the key topics of the meetings was the target of having 10% of the NCAA Championships field consist of automatic qualifiers who would not have made the championships otherwise. This, in a way, was a slight callback to last year’s breakout session, where conversations sparked as mid-major programs continued to advocate for automatic qualifications, thus giving smaller programs a bigger path to the national championship.
Last year, the actual number of AQs who would not have qualified otherwise were 6% of the field for the women’s meet and 14% for the men’s championship.
The plan is to look back at the times from the year prior and see what would have made that 10% of the field automatic qualifiers who would not have been invited otherwise.
The proposal will include a new caveat that should placate the coaches at the top of the pile: swimmers who were bumped out by those automatic qualifiers will still be able to go, via institutional funding versus the NCAA paying their way. This is similar to changes made by diving a few years ago, where the highest-priority divers qualify for NCAA reimbursement to cover travel expenses, while more can still participate, but must have their school cover the costs that come with that.
One of the big takeaways was the reintroduction of B finals to the national championships, which seemed to be a well-supported, though that could change depending on the TV deal, and they decided to push back on that. At the women’s NCAA Championships in March, fans began chanting “bring back Bs.” Fans even booed at the absence of the B finals during the Wednesday finals session.
It is important to note that these changes would be a CSCAA proposal to the NCAA, and would need to be approved by the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Oversight Committee. The CSCAA does have an advisory spot on this committee, but is not the final decision maker.
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