Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Bull94]

28 minutes ago, JAFFX2 said:

Sure if the media partners agree it will work.  The B12 unanimously voted the new PAC12 members full shares because it was in the best interest of the conference to kill off the PAC.  When the 4 G5's agreed to 2 years of 1/2 shares and then full shares thereafter they didn't have anywhere close to the same leverage as there was a good chance that this might have been the last G5 to P5 life boat.  There was no B12 added media dollars for the first 2 years as they did not have a pro rata clause.  The reason the deal worked without eroding the current members payout for the first two years was because the buyout money provided enough money to pay the new members without the existing members having to give up anything

the buyout doesn't come close to covering  the 4 pac schools and the 4 others.

why couldn't the aac do the same with their buyout money from houston, cincy, etc.?

[belgianbull]

4 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

What constitutes a 'quality team'? App State ? Coastal Carolina? I watch those novelty games, only because I'm from that neck o'the woods. I honest-to-god don't see where they are any level above what was added already. Or should I be thinking in terms of "Hey, let's take a road trip to this cool campus and vacay destination' when we use the word 'quality'. 

While there are not that many good options left; I think most would agree ( looking at a whole lot of metrics of numbers including attendance, accomplishments on the field,...) that Appalachian State, Army, Boise State, San Diego State,... are much more attractive conference mates, then North Texas, Rice, and Charlotte.  And yes I would call them quality teams who go to bowl games, are ranked, and bring a lot more value to the table.

 

[Bull Matrix]

This is not a bad alternative…

[BullyPulpit]

22 minutes ago, Brad said:

Would you think this has any impact on future investment?

I think the realization that the window is about to close is the main driver behind an OCS. Unfortunately, the complacency of our leadership to react and grow over the past 14 years has placed us in an untenable position. I fear that the stadium will be an albatross that financially weighs heavily on the athletics department for the next generation or two. Too little, too late. 

Edited August 24, 2023 by BullyPulpit

[Bull94]

40 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

No offense, but big whoop. This is all about consolidation. They are creating the appearance of fairness for now. The reality is that they are going to get to the point where the semifinals teams are from the B1G and SEC every year. I see things playing out like this: by 2036, the SEC and B1G will take what their media partners want from the Big 12, ACC, and any G5 that might be attractive by then. They will likely get to 24 to 30 teams each, break into 3 divisions, have separate "playoffs" consisting of the division winners and the next best 3 teams. Then the SEC and B1G playoff champions will play in the College Football Championship game.  Everyone else outside of that elite fraternity will be relegated to a lesser division of college football. USF's window of opportunity to not get left out is just about closed. We have about 12 years to make the CFP a few times and win a few games in the playoff in order to be considered. A very tall order when you factor in that the G5 teams are essentially all competing for 1, maybe 2, playoff spots each season. 

most of the ACC and all of the big 16 will be left out also.

Heck fsu was publicly begging sec or big 18 to throw them a lifeline.

[BullyPulpit]

22 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

they won't get to 30 each. maybe 30 total. they will get rid of the dead weight programs and eventually break off.

I think the magic number is probably 27 in each conference. Each team plays each team in its division and then plays 2 games against each of the other divisions. The media partners will want to have a big enough playoff to justify 4 rounds. 

[Rocky Style]

4 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

This is not a bad alternative…

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[BullyPulpit]

8 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

This is not a bad alternative…

This guy has missed on nearly every single one of his predictions so far. I just flushed one of his sources down the toilet this morning. 

[Brad]

Twitter/X  certainly wins the propaganda award.

[Bull94]

9 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

I think the magic number is probably 27 in each conference. Each team plays each team in its division and then plays 2 games against each of the other divisions. The media partners will want to have a big enough playoff to justify 4 rounds. 

they won't want to split the pie that much. the NFL would have 54 teams if it made financial sense.

there is a reason why  major pro sports leagues have between 30-32 teams

Edited August 24, 2023 by Bull94