CBS says the NCAA board will vote May 2 on whether to eliminate the need for a bowl waiver for 6-7 teams that lost their conference championship game.  But, they say, there's a "mild push" by non-AQs and others to require a winning record.  With 124 teams now in 1A and more on the way, a winning record should be a must, even if the loss is in the conference championship.  6-6 shouldn't cut it, unless they're short on teams.

Especially for coaches and ADs with bowl bonuses in their contract.

I think that was Stenbrecher's point.  They have a rule but they grant waivers every year to the detriment of bowl eligible teams, so it guts the rule.  The proposed change only does away with the waiver process for 6-7 teams that lose their conference championship game.  Other teams (such as those who play 13 games because one game was at Hawaii) still need winning records, unless there aren't enough bowl-eligible teams to fill the slots or they get a waiver.  LaTech was the only team that was screwed by the GaTech waiver (and their own stupidity) last year.  MTSU didn't go because the Sun Belt Conf punished them for jumping to CUSA.

LC, I agree with everything you say except the "sunny vacation".  Detroit, NYC, Boise and even southern places like Nashvul, Charlotte and Memphis generally don't offer a sunny vacation in late Dec.  The announced crowd of 39,000 who went to last year's Pinstripe Bowl froze their collective arses off in the Bronx snow.