1. We would be included
2. This isn’t a super league in reality.
3. What are the actual odds that this could even begin to get off the ground? None? 2%?
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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1. We would be included
2. This isn’t a super league in reality.
3. What are the actual odds that this could even begin to get off the ground? None? 2%?
This needs to be completely divorced from the universities
License the IP and go be a pro league
Why give context when you can just make people mad who believe everything that’s tweeted out. That’s how social media works!
2% is being generous. There is almost zero reason the SEC or Big Ten would want to agree to this as it’s laid out
When that many people from that many different areas know there is no way to keep something secret but this is also an official press release.
Keep stocking up on that tinfoil CF fans! The conspiracy takes never get old
Do you think there will be an “official statement” from any of the involved parties?
I’m leaning towards a buzzword heavy, “exploring options in an ever changing media landscape through due diligence” message, if we get anything at all.
Exactly.
The SEC and Big 10 want to eliminate or relegate the rest of the sport to another division. It's very odd, but it's absolutely childish "you can't play in my tree fort because I'm cooler than you" type of thinking.
Their end goal is to **** everyone else over simply because they can. At this point, it seems evident that their goal is to ruin the sport for everyone else.
Thinking in terms of negotiation… is this potentially a play to set up a structured CFB landscape for everyone who’s not SEC/B1G?
I don’t see those two leagues agreeing to this either. Why split the pie more ways when you’ve got the largest pieces?
No idea because that idea of a structured landscape just isn’t really feasible.
Absolutely not. It would be the financial death of every AD outside of the P2 and they know it. I assume this is a desperate last attempt for something equitable, but what it's trying to be doesn't matter because it's DOA.
Yeah except it’s not and the other conferences being given multipule auto bids to future playoffs kinda disproves your point.
Do they want to remain the most powerful conferences while still keeping the fan bases of the others engaged in cfb, absolutely. But cutting off just reduces the marketplace
I’m not sure the SEC/B1G can throw the match on the whole thing or there’d be lawsuits across the board. You’re right - engagement across the board is critical. It’d be foolish to blow up the whole thing.
That said, I don’t think those leagues are doing things out of the goodness of their hearts (no conference is). Money talks.
100% not, they want as much power and control as possible while still keeping the other leagues involved and invested.
It’s why an actual super league won’t happen (for the foreseeable future) and why the auto bid idea will eventually go through
There's absolutely no way this would yield more money for the current SEC/B1G teams unless the other schools agreed to take teeny tiny pieces of the pie. I just don't see it.
I really think the decision makers in those leagues get off on the harm they cause others. Because they've gone so far beyond enriching themselves that it's the only thing that makes sense.
The NFL and NBA disagree. One of the catalysts to those entities exploding media dollars was negotiating as a whole entity with multiple media partners.
