Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[cykadelic2]

But didn't all those other networks have the chance to bid on the expanded playoffs that ESPN just locked up as the sole bidder?

Yeah, they could have bid but why would they (beyond Fox and ESPN) if they don't have prime regular season inventory to lead into the CFP like the NFL does (and keeping in mind that Fox sublicenses their B10 rights to CBS and NBC).

And the fact that ESPN was the sole bidder and the CFP Committee accepted that low ball sole bid without going back to the drawing board for their bidding process made it even more ludicrous. Of course, the ESPN influence on the CFP Committee makes the process a joke anyway. And the Athletic reported that their rush in getting the CFP extension locked down was due, in part, to the CST threat.

 

[theshadow]

When Midwestern schools join a Southern league, they just didn't have any other option for wrestling. It's just not really much of a thing down in the South.

It was, until football coaches used Title IX to their own advantage.

 

[cykadelic2]

Absolutely ridiculous:

 

[ClonerJams]

It would have been nice if common sense would have won out for realignment, but we're too far down the road at this point.

 

[CyCrazy]

It would have been nice if common sense would have won out for realignment, but we're too far down the road at this point.

Of course this new landscape is stupid. But King Money will ruin it.

 

[Cyched]

It would have been nice if common sense would have won out for realignment

 

[cykadelic2]

Key points of Smash Plan:

Project Rudy is built on two somewhat simple concepts to increase revenue from television networks and corporate sponsors.

(1) Arrange more games between power conference programs by eliminating all games against Group of Five and FCS opponents; expanding the playoffs; and pitting blue-blood powers more often against one another.

(2) Consolidate the media rights of the 70 schools under one agreement, instead of the current structure of five different packages (one for each power league and Notre Dame). @FriendlySpartan

Obviously, ESPN and Fox don't want #2 and that will be communicated via their Sankey and Petitti puppets.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Key points of Smash Plan:

Project Rudy is built on two somewhat simple concepts to increase revenue from television networks and corporate sponsors.

(1) Arrange more games between power conference programs by eliminating all games against Group of Five and FCS opponents; expanding the playoffs; and pitting blue-blood powers more often against one another.

(2) Consolidate the media rights of the 70 schools under one agreement, instead of the current structure of five different packages (one for each power league and Notre Dame). @FriendlySpartan

Obviously, ESPN and Fox don't want #2 and that will be communicated via their Sankey and Petitti puppets.

If you invite private equity in, expect everything to be ruined sooner rather then later. PE is a parasite that ruins everything it touches. I’m confident the presidents are aware of that

 

[PSYclone22]

 

[cykadelic2]

If you invite private equity in, expect everything to be ruined sooner rather then later. PE is a parasite that ruins everything it touches. I’m confident the presidents are aware of that

I don't think PE infusion is required if there is aggregation of media rights amongst the P4 conferences and if there is more equitable revenue sharing that what is proposed in the Smash/Rudy plan. I do think some unequal revenue sharing is warranted but make it merit based on an annual basis based on TV ratings and CFP advancement. The Tier system proposed by Smash/Rudy is BS.

And making a claim that PE ruins everything is misguided as heck.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

I don't think PE infusion is required if there is aggregation of media rights amongst the P4 conferences and if there is more equitable revenue sharing that what is proposed in the Smash/Rudy plan. I do think some unequal revenue sharing is warranted but make it merit based on an annual basis based on TV ratings and CFP advancement. The Tier system proposed by Smash/Rudy is BS.

In your article it’s legit quoted that PE is absolutely necessary for the plan.

 

[cykadelic2]

In your article it’s legit quoted that PE is absolutely necessary for the plan.

It is also suggested by an athletic administrator(s) that it may not be necessary. I agree with that if the new TV deals are negotiated properly and revenues are shared in a fairly equitable manner.

"But plenty of high-ranking officials agree with their commissioners: Let’s do this ourselves. “We don’t need a middle man,” said one SEC school athletic director. “I’d like to go at it to see if we can figure out something ourselves,” said a Big Ten athletic director.

The issue is that PE would immediately infuse cash to meet House Settlement obligations before the new TV deals would kick in so PE may be necessary in the short term before the 2030 timeframe when existing TV deals expire.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

It is also suggested by an athletic administrator(s) that it may not be necessary. I agree with that if the new TV deals are negotiated properly and revenues are shared in a fairly equitable manner.

"But plenty of high-ranking officials agree with their commissioners: Let’s do this ourselves. “We don’t need a middle man,” said one SEC school athletic director. “I’d like to go at it to see if we can figure out something ourselves,” said a Big Ten athletic director.

The issue is that PE would immediately infuse cash to meet House Settlement obligations before the new TV deals would kick in so PE may be necessary in the short term before the 2030 timeframe when existing TV deals expire.

As long as PE is involved this won’t get off the ground, especially as the PE funding isn’t actual money it’s borrowing from future media rights. If PE is involved I don’t see this having a prayer if passing. You only go PE if you are desperate

 

[cyIclSoneU]

Bud is right and there are otherwise level-headed people who just can't get that through their head. Whether it's breaking away, kicking them out of the B1G/SEC, or imposing by sheer force of will some unequal revenue distribution, there is no chance that Ohio State etc. continue to live in the status quo where they get the same slice of pie as Purdue and Rutgers.

I actually have some pity for fans of middling to low-tier B1G/SEC programs who think their league is different and special, when the constant churn of realignment for years - decades - has been that the Big Boys use their advantage to entrench and enrich themselves, no matter who is in their way. The Mississippi States of the world just haven't been the low-hanging fruit yet. Now they are.

 

[brentblum]

As long as PE is involved this won’t get off the ground, especially as the PE funding isn’t actual money it’s borrowing from future media rights. If PE is involved I don’t see this having a prayer if passing. You only go PE if you are desperate

Either a new idea like this happens or Olympic sports largely go away. That’s the road we’re heading down, so yes there is some desperation. Will be interesting to see where administrators land.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

Either a new idea like this happens or Olympic sports largely go away. That’s the road we’re heading down, so yes there is some desperation. Will be interesting to see where administrators land.

Do you mean men's Olympic sports? I figured women's sports are largely safe due to the number of football scholarships needing to be balanced for Title IX purposes. Agree that men's Olympic sports are on life support the way it's going.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Either a new idea like this happens or Olympic sports largely go away. That’s the road we’re heading down, so yes there is some desperation. Will be interesting to see where administrators land.

Depends on employee status for athletes and how title 9 shakes out for revenue distribution. Certainly some sports at some schools won’t survive or they can try alt routes. PE just isn’t the answer, it’s just inviting the killer into your home

 

[brentblum]

Do you mean men's Olympic sports? I figured women's sports are largely safe due to the number of football scholarships needing to be balanced for Title IX purposes. Agree that men's Olympic sports are on life support the way it's going.

Support will be almost zero even for women’s athletics, outside of womens basketball. Those Olympic athletes will get scholarships to appease Title IX but not much else, coaches, support staff, travel will all be gutted. That’s the part of this nobody sees with the greed of the SEC.

 

[HFCS]

Absolutely ridiculous:

Our expansion really was not crazy at all in comparison. The 4 pac adds did not have their travel increased. We basically added one team outside the footprint (ucf) and it’s not as far outside the footprint as the 6 big ten/acc adds.

When/if acc crumbles there are options like Pitt and Louisville who fit right in too. We don’t need cal/stan, especially in a subscription model future.

 

[KnappShack]

Bud is right and there are otherwise level-headed people who just can't get that through their head. Whether it's breaking away, kicking them out of the B1G/SEC, or imposing by sheer force of will some unequal revenue distribution, there is no chance that Ohio State etc. continue to live in the status quo where they get the same slice of pie as Purdue and Rutgers.

I actually have some pity for fans of middling to low-tier B1G/SEC programs who think their league is different and special, when the constant churn of realignment for years - decades - has been that the Big Boys use their advantage to entrench and enrich themselves, no matter who is in their way. The Mississippi States of the world just haven't been the low-hanging fruit yet. Now they are.

No pity.

None.