Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[2speedy1]

I actually don't have you on ignore but I will reply to this post => it doesn't have any merit.

Yet you say the only ones that disagree with you are B10 homers.

No you just refuse to acknowledge a lot more disagree.

Keep repeating the same **** post after post, it doesnt make you right, keep insulting people post after post, it doesnt help your arguement.

$hit in one hand, wish in the other, and see which one fills up first.

 

[not-the-manager]

And if TT was invited to the SEC today, Campbell would change his tune tomorrow.

You have to understand he is only saying this because it benefits TT, if the SEC gets tired of him opposing them, or if they think he is getting somewhere with his arguments, they will just invite TT to the SEC and poof Campbell will be on their side and he will ditch is so called save college sports ideas.

One could say that might be his entire plan, make as much noise as possible so that it is better for the SEC to just add TT and add him to their side.

Campbell is going to say and do what is best for TT, and if suddenly that means being on the other side, poof he will abandon all the rest of us so called peasants.

Not to mention the chance of 90% of what is being argued here happening is basically zero.

And repeating 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10........... and the imaginary 2 to 3 times revenue pool over and over again doesnt make it anymore likely or real.

That being said I am pretty sure @cykadelic2 has me blocked because he ignores everything I say, so I must have hit home at some point. Probably when I called out his insults when anyone disagrees with him.

Your argument is unfalsifiable for now, so fair enough, it may be the case. I will say I don't believe for a second the SEC will cave, so Campbell's true motive is irrelevant to me so long as his crusade remains beneficial to Iowa State and all non-SEC non-Big Ten athletic departments. Is the situation ideal, given that he may be disingenuous? No, but beggars can't be choosers

 

[2speedy1]

Your argument is unfalsifiable for now, so fair enough, it may be the case. I will say I don't believe for a second the SEC will cave, so Campbell's true motive is irrelevant to me so long as his crusade remains beneficial to Iowa State and all non-SEC non-Big Ten athletic departments. Is the situation ideal, given that he may be disingenuous? No, but beggars can't be choosers

Oh I agree, at least to a point, anything that helps is good, any idea to fix the system is good.

I also dont think that 90% of what he wants will ever happen without a nuclear meltdown from the top to the bottom. So dreaming about it is fine, but constantly repeating it and insulting anyone who doesnt agree is not winning the argument or making it happen.

Not to mention Cody and his money buying players is as much or more of the problem than the SEC and B1G are. So I have a real hard time taking the side of the guy actively destroying college sports today, because he is passively coming up with ideas to save what he is destroying actively. Campbell is the guy who is nice to your face while he is actively stabbing you in the back.

I would love for all these ideas to actually happen, work out, and actually fix college sports, but I also would love to be a billionaire and have Sydney Sweeney as a mistress too.

We have been hearing about Cody Campbell for what 2 years now, he has been all over spouting his ideas and plans, while actively buying teams and players to undermine anyone else, and the only thing that has happened is NOTHING, beyond TT getting the highest paid players in the country in most sports. All his talk all his plans have led to no actual changes and nothing actually happening. Talk is cheap, actions speak louder than words, and his actions to buy players far outweigh his talk of fixing anything.

 

[Jkclone15]

Interesting read if you have an Athletic Subscription. Minnesota Men's Hockey is the only Non FB/MBB team to make a profit.

Interesting. I'm surprised the travel costs for the West Coast schools aren't higher. They reported between $600,000-3,000,000 increase against a revenue boost of +$40 million. Well worth it for the accountants.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Yormark has even said that opening up the SBA has all sorts of unintended consequences and he's right.

This isn't a snap your fingers and fix everything.

 

[2speedy1]

Interesting. I'm surprised the travel costs for the West Coast schools aren't higher. They reported between $600,000-3,000,000 increase against a revenue boost of +$40 million. Well worth it for the accountants.

If they were already flying, the cost for a slightly longer flight doesnt increase the price that much, if any.

Which 90% of the teams were already flying everywhere.

 

[bphill4isu]

I can’t say whether Cody Campbell has the best interests of the sport in mind. But I remember our AD warning two summers ago that if the B1G and the $EC ever fully separate, they’ll eventually turn on themselves. When that happens, they won’t have anyone else to blame for the consequences of their own greed. The infighting will be inevitable. At some point, you have to ask: when will the biggest brands in the P2 ever be satisfied? They control the CFP access, so what's the next thing we can control? They want to eliminate the growth stock of any institution working to compete at the highest level. Why doesn't Ohio State take out Minnesota now? Georgia could do the same with Miss State. How far are the so-called leaders/commissioners willing to push this before they run college athletics into oblivion?

 

[cykadelic2]

Yormark has even said that opening up the SBA has all sorts of unintended consequences and he's right.

This isn't a snap your fingers and fix everything.

Yormark also hasn't detailed the unintended consequences but it sure as hell isn't the NFL factor you previously suggested. Congress isn't going to approve a SBA amendment for CFP that would in turn permit the NFL to defeat the purpose of the CFB SBA.

Yormark hasn't said this (that I am aware of) but if the SBA amendment is passed without 7x10 realignment which would break up Fox/B10 and ESPN/SEC brand consolidation, then you are not nearly optimizing revenues to their full potential and you're still stuck with the existing clustereff of oversized conferences and an even larger (and avoidable) revenue divide between SEC/B10 and the rest of FBS.

 

[cykadelic2]

Not to mention Cody and his money buying players is as much or more of the problem than the SEC and B1G are. So I have a real hard time taking the side of the guy actively destroying college sports today, because he is passively coming up with ideas to save what he is destroying actively. Campbell is the guy who is nice to your face while he is actively stabbing you in the back.

BS.

For 2025-26, Campbell and TT were playing by the pre-House rules like everyone else did.

For 2026-27, they have laid out their plans as detailed here. Whether or not all of their NIL over and above RevShare gets approved by the Clearinghouse remains to be seen:

 

[2speedy1]

BS.

For 2025-26, Campbell and TT were playing by the pre-House rules like everyone else did.

For 2026-27, they have laid out their plans as detailed here. Whether or not all of their NIL over and above RevShare gets approved by the Clearinghouse remains to be seen:

My god man, you really have Cody Campbell blinders on.

You make every excuse in the book for him and his money.

That post literally says they are spending $millions outside the rev share, and leaves it completely open ended as to how much "additional 3rd party NIL $ from business & fans". What and where do you think that is!

My god give it a rest.

You act like Cody is your dad, but maybe hes just your daddy!

 

[cykadelic2]

That post literally says they are spending $millions outside the rev share, and leaves it completely open ended as to how much "additional 3rd party NIL $ from business & fans". What and where do you think that is!

What do you think it is?

Like I previously posted, it remains to be seen how much of their NIL goal gets approved by the Clearinghouse. And I hope you realize there is no cap for approved NIL beyond RevShare.

 

[2speedy1]

What do you think it is?

Like I previously posted, it remains to be seen how much their NIL goal gets approved by the Clearinghouse. And I hope you realize there is no cap for NIL beyond RevShare.

Duh, which means your boy Cody can pump as much into it as he wants, you know as in the last quote.

My god, you need to give it a rest.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Yormark also hasn't detailed the unintended consequences but it sure as hell isn't the NFL factor you previously suggested. Congress isn't going to approve a SBA amendment for CFP that would in turn permit the NFL to defeat the purpose of the CFB SBA.

Yormark hasn't said this (that I am aware of) but if the SBA amendment is passed without 7x10 realignment which would break up Fox/B10 and ESPN/SEC brand consolidation, then you are not nearly optimizing revenues to their full potential and you're still stuck with the existing clustereff of oversized conferences and an even larger (and avoidable) revenue divide between SEC/B10 and the rest of FBS.

Exact quote from Yormark in the ESPN article:

"Cody is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts," Yormark said. "I've never said pooling media rights will increase revenue. The only thing I have said is that hope isn't a strategy. There are unintended consequences to amending the [1961 Sports Broadcasting Act] that Cody and his team need to better understand."

The unintended consequence is OBVIOUSLY the NFL getting access to Friday and Saturday and anyone can see that assuming their head isn't so far up Cody Campbell's ass that they aren't getting enough oxygen.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

I don't wish for ISU to be relegated. Now you're just playing the victim. Not a good look.

 

[cykadelic2]

Duh, which means your boy Cody can pump as much into it as he wants, you know as in the last quote.

My god, you need to give it a rest.

Man, you are such a crybaby about this.

Yeah, Campbell can donate as much he wants to TT Athletics to support RevShare like anyone else can.

And if he owns a business that can support FMV NIL deals with a valid business purpose that gets through the Clearinghouse, good for him.

 

[cykadelic2]

The unintended consequence is OBVIOUSLY the NFL getting access to Friday and Saturday and anyone can see that assuming their head isn't so far up Cody Campbell's ass that they aren't getting enough oxygen.

Again, you are grasping at straws on the NFL.

Do you really think that Congress/POTUS is going to pass a SBA amendment that could immediately be undermined by the NFL who is already printing money by playing 3 days a week?

OBVIOUSLY not going to happen.

 

[Gonzo]

Why would I?

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Again, you are grasping at straws on the NFL.

Do you really think that Congress/POTUS is going to pass a SBA amendment that could immediately be undermined by the NFL who is already printing money by playing 3 days a week?

OBVIOUSLY not going to happen.

Good point. Congress always works for the entity with LESS money. Good call. Always out for the little guy.

 

[Cloneon]

And if TT was invited to the SEC today, Campbell would change his tune tomorrow.

You have to understand he is only saying this because it benefits TT, if the SEC gets tired of him opposing them, or if they think he is getting somewhere with his arguments, they will just invite TT to the SEC and poof Campbell will be on their side and he will ditch is so called save college sports ideas.

One could say that might be his entire plan, make as much noise as possible so that it is better for the SEC to just add TT and add him to their side.

Campbell is going to say and do what is best for TT, and if suddenly that means being on the other side, poof he will abandon all the rest of us so called peasants.

Not to mention Campbell literally buying players is as much of the issue with college sports than anything, so he is a hypocrite. He is actively causing the destruction of college sports, while blaming everyone else.

Not to mention the chance of 90% of what is being argued here happening is basically zero.

And repeating 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10, 7x10........... and the imaginary 2 to 3 times revenue pool over and over again doesnt make it anymore likely or real.

That being said I am pretty sure @cykadelic2 has me blocked because he ignores everything I say, so I must have hit home at some point. Probably when I called out his insults when anyone disagrees with him.

You're alluding to he wants only to go to the SEC. Which to me doesn't make as much sense as you're appearing to make it. Isn't TT's best path to the playoffs in the B12? I guess everyone's opinion is dependent on where they see CFB going.

 

[2speedy1]

You're alluding to he wants only to go to the SEC. Which to me doesn't make as much sense as you're appearing to make it. Isn't TT's best path to the playoffs in the B12? I guess everyone's opinion is dependent on where they see CFB going.

No, I never said he only wants to go to the SEC but if that is what happens he will totally change his tune and he will abandon the idea of saving the rest. The point is, he only cares about TT and himself, and only what is good for himself and TT, so if that is good for the rest of us, great, but if not he doesnt care.

Some on here believe he is the second coming and the savior of all things college sports. He's not, at best he is a hypocrite that has some ideas that might help the rest of us, but might not, and most of which are very unlikely to actually happen.

But notice he is not doing anything to rein in the out of control NIL and transfer portal, because he is able to use that to his and TTs benefit.