NAIA moving Football Playoffs/Championship to Spring

Frontier Conference would still be allowed to play their conference schedule in the fall should they wish to proceed that way.

https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/2020-21/releases/2020_FootballChampionship_Postponement

The good news is they are still planning on holding a Football Championship.

What will the NCAA decide on the FCS playoffs and championship next week? (This would also apply to Division II and Division III)
https://www.montanasports.com/big-sky-conference/big-sky-conference-delays-fall-sports-decision-new-meeting-next-week

https://www.alreporter.com/2020/07/27/ncaa-board-of-governors-tables-motion-to-eliminate-fall-sports-championships/

There will be fall football in Montana... for Rocky, Northern, Tech and Carroll:

https://frontierconference.com/news/2020/7/31/frontier-conference-council-of-presidents-release-fall-sport-statement.aspx

So you can play other games in the fall, just not the playoffs? Not sure that makes much sense. What am I missing here?

So if the Frontier Conference is a one bid conference, it allows those other schools to operate as on a typical normal season. You play in the fall, you complete your conference season and you are done. Players used their eligibility, don't have to consider another year and so on. You recruit and gear up in the spring just like a somewhat normal time.

The team that wins and may get an auto-bid to the playoffs... you played your season in somewhat normal fall weather. If you had players hurt, they get to heal for a post season run in the spring. You gear up for spring practice and don't have to play an entire set of conference games when weather the worst in this region. You just likely game rusty when it comes time for round 1 of playoffs. Likely going to be some flexibility in terms of eligibility from one semester to the other as it pertains to academics and either or a player transferring in at semester. Less games other than playoffs means they have more time to heal and get ready for fall season for the players that return for the next academic season the next fall. With a total of 16 teams in the NAIA playoffs you would play between 1 and 4 total games in the spring depending on how far you make it.

Griz2k said:

So you can play other games in the fall, just not the playoffs? Not sure that makes much sense. What am I missing here?

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Not everyone is playing in the fall.

https://billingsgazette.com/sports/college/frontier-conference/evan-reier-frontier-football-with-national-exposure-revenue-to-gain-with-fall-season/article_aebed706-7902-5ece-8818-714e36aee23c.html

With the Frontier Conference’s recent announcement that the Montana-based schools will be going forward with a fall season as of now, it prompts a question: what happens if Frontier Conference football, as well as some of the other NAIA conferences, are the only college football happening in 2020?

The answer remains to be seen, but the primary outcome bodes well for the members of the conference and the NAIA as a whole: attention.