Yes. Especially if they start getting even more money with the new set up. The NCAA itself for sure could pay players a ton of money each year. Greedy b##### won't do it though.
Here comes the doomsday thread, sorry
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Yes. Especially if they start getting even more money with the new set up. The NCAA itself for sure could pay players a ton of money each year. Greedy b##### won't do it though.
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Other leagues have been startups, needing to build their brand and popularity. That would not be the case, here. Michigan Football is already a popular product with a dedicated customer base.
That alone puts this in different airspace than other leagues.
Vote to have the NCAA pay the athletes $30,000, instead of universities. See how far that plays with the head honchos.
Matter of time before there will be a salary cap for teams. Should be done soon considering it’s basically minor league already.
Years and years ago I had family in for a game. They wanted to leave after halftime. They only wanted to see the band.
"Don't you know how hard they work?!?"
Not the point. The point is you have fanbases between the P5 and top G5, 60 plus schools that care because they play those schools and have some idea of playing games relevant at the top level. This is college football's strength and product differentiator from the NFL, and more importantly what sets it apart from every other failed attempt at commercializing football.
Lack of parity and complete, explicit exclusion are not remotely the same thing in terms of success of a business model. All the other football attempts fail because they do not have the product differentiator the current model of college football has.
It's probably more going to be a league that has significant barriers to entry that will land at 40-50 teams. If a school is willing to pony up the investment needed to overcome the barriers to entry, then they'll be in. It isn't going to be about who's in the SEC or Big 10 now. There might also be some surprises that raise some serious cash to buy their way in (i.e. SMU).
Even in this new configuration? I have no idea. There's been talk of spinning football off.
Either way I say we kill ******* baseball again. Just to make sure that ****** is truly dead.
This is about as least surprising as possible, this was always the outcome once conference expansion took off followed by NIL etc...
I do think this will kind of become almost like the premier league in England to some degree
1) SEC & Big 10 in the premier league with the most money
2) The Championship will be the ACC / Big 12 essentially, more money than others, not as much as the premier
3) Then everyone else
4) The FCS essentially becomes non-league football
Maybe there's a promotion system or something, I've no clue.
I do think this will kind of become almost like the premier league in England to some degree
1) SEC & Big 10 in the premier league with the most money
2) The Championship will be the ACC / Big 12 essentially, more money than others, not as much as the premier
3) Then everyone else
4) The FCS essentially becomes non-league football
Maybe there's a promotion system or something, I've no clue.
There’s never been a 2nd NFL made up of teams that have a century of infrastructure, culture, and fandom built up.
It would be successful because the teams in this "league" already have huge, established, and passionate fan bases. That hasn't been the case with any of the "second NFL" startup leagues.
*EDIT* Gunner beat me to it...
Yes but you have to factor in AQ for the Big 12, the ACC (FSU in this case), a G5 and those teams will all be playing each other now. Losses will accumulate. It will still be SEC/BIG dominate but can’t ever be this dominate.
The Alabama Crimson Tide and USC Trojans have a better brand than the Birmingham Stalions and St Louis Battle Hawks?
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Not sure about that. Salary caps can't just be created out of thin air. Unless they're collectively bargained, a salary cap immediately steers into antitrust territory. So that means unionization, and I'm not sure we're close to that yet, nor am I sure that's a direction that schools want to go.
Some people love the band, some live the game “experience”, some just love the game action (that’s me).
Some show up for other reasons. Talked to James Reed before one of the games, daughter is a cheerleader, so I assume he likes the game but watched his daughter a good chunk also. If someone wants to spend thousands of dollars a year to watch the band, more power to them.
If they only want the halftime show, boy do I have a deal for them. I will go 50/50 and I will leave the first half with a minute or two left and swipe out, they can swipe in to watch the band while I stand by the ticket scanner, when the band is done, they swipe out and I swipe in.
What kind of stupid NCAA math is this? Why not just say $15k per athlete????
It is essentially going to be the Big 10 and SEC.
SMU has money - it doesn't have THAT kind of money.
Between the two they are going to have 34 members beginning in 2024.
Maybe ND gets in, along with Florida State, Clemson. That puts it at 37.
Otherwise, that's gonna be about it
My worry is they turn in into FCS. As entertaining as NDSU vs UNI might be some years you can't watch it on TV.
So as long as the super league doesn't brand as the XFL I'd say it has a chance.
I just won't be on that ride.
