NFL Scores Col. Sports W Col. The management council called for a maximum of 29 regular-season games with each tournament game counting as one of those 29. The tournaments have contested that they wouldn't survive if the legislation passes because too many teams would stay home and play games rather than go to a neutral site to give up three games on their schedule. There wasn't a coach out there who was for it.
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The board of directors' chair, Ohio State president Brit Kirwan, said the board asked for a study to be done by January 2004 by three committees. I schools and the impact the events have on the RPI calculations for selecting teams to the NCAA Tournament. Kirwan made it clear that the board still supports a limit on the number of games in a season. The postponement of the legislation comes amid reports that U.S. senators from Alaska and Hawaii were pressuring the NCAA to reverse the management council's vote. At least two lawsuits were filed on the subject, as well.