Best guess
Tier 1: Ohio St Michigan
Tier 2: Penn St USC Oregon Nebraska
Tier 3: Washington Wisconsin Iowa
Tier 4: Minnesota Illinois Michigan St
Tier 5: Rutgers Maryland Indiana Purdue NW UCLA
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Tier 1: Ohio St Michigan
Tier 2: Penn St USC Oregon Nebraska
Tier 3: Washington Wisconsin Iowa
Tier 4: Minnesota Illinois Michigan St
Tier 5: Rutgers Maryland Indiana Purdue NW UCLA
A Superleague at its core is just the aggregation of long term college athletic tv rights.
It could be a new entity luring P4 schools. It will be if the P2 don’t let investors in. If you’re P2 HQ and lower P2 schools, you want it to the P2.
Arguably the P2 are already Superleagues, built by the shareholders of Fox and Disney.
I don’t think it stops with the PE buying into the P2, but the alternative is the end of the P2.
Unequal revenue sharing is going to be difficult to stave off until enough of the long term rights of biggest brands are all under one profit objective function…such as a PE firm owning a 48+ school P2. At that point they could implement a spending cap, kill the arms race, allowing the PE to lock in profit
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I mean, yeah I could see it but there are a lot of egos in those first few tiers, I have a hard time seeing USC and PSU taking a back seat. I don't see any way Nebby is in that second tier though. Wondering too if the tiers are on a revolving basis dependent on who brings more $$$ in from year to year.
The solution to egos isn’t likely to be continued parity. It’s outside money luring disgruntled schools
There is no way USC and Penn St think they bring as much value to the B10 as Michigan and Ohio St. I was debating whether Oregon and Nebraska deserved their own tier below so we’re on the same page there.
Brands vs media market will be an interesting discussion when deciding value though
The big 10 is football purity at its finest. The league that brought you traditional matchups like Rutgers vs UCLA would NEVER sell out for more money. You guys are all off your rocker
There is zero chance Nebraska is up there, they are a worthless program and most of the big ten kinda hates them.
There are apparently 3 different groups and proposals so who knows how it shakes out.
Now that's what I call getting off on a technicality!
Depends primarily on TV value, and in that regard Nebraska is really tested how long a school can live off history.
If an entity were looking to exploit egos in order to disrupt, Nebraska likely has a bigger market than their last 20 years suggests. If nothing else Disney likely can make more off Nebraska in the SEC
Lol, I've been saying that for a very long time, long before this report came out, so it's not something I'm just pulling out now. And it's a pretty clear delineation... media revenue, bowl/CFP revenue.
Genuine question. Not being a smartass.
Does splitting up this PE cash count as unequal revenue sharing to you? Wondering where you draw the line?
I think the LA market is too massive to relegate UCLA to tier 5
Big 12 is going down this path probably do a deal within next 18 months.
This view is not an anomaly. Most of their games have crowds like this
But there are millions at home watching the Bruins on TV.
All the more reason to invest and move games to SoFi.
Big 10 took them in for a reason.
If UCLA actually invests in sports and goes to a modern facility they will draw.
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I agree this is not traditional PE.
This in reality is an extension of the current Fox deal through 2046 with PE providing upfront cash to bail out programs like UCLA and Rutgers.
And of course the timing of this is an attempt to beat the clock on the Feds forcing pooled media rights for all of FBS via a SBA amendment.
