Ross Dellenger report on SEC spring meetings

[Pope]

If I were the non-SEC/Big 10 conferences, I'd say f*ck it and call their bluff. Let them be the proverbial dog who finally catches the car.

The Big 10/SEC conferences represent 26% of all college D1 FBS football teams in the nation. Sure, they have the largest fan bases, but their fan bases combined can't be more than half of all FBS football fans across the nation.

If the rest of the conferences united and refused to play the SEC/Big 10 schools in any sport, it would have a dramatic impact on these two richest conferences. Their annual media payout would drop significantly, their schools would no longer have glossy records, and their fans would grow very restless. In short, they'd be worse off breaking away from the rest of the conferences.

The non-SEC/Big 10 schools have more leverage than folks realize, but only if they unite.

 

[cytor]

Message to Sankey: "Until your holier than thou conference starts playing 9 conference games, you can Eat a Bag of Diks." Believe it or not Sankey, your poop does stink.

 

[Rural]

Let them break away they'll still refuse to play each other.

 

[ARCYCLONE]

The crap the SEC and media spew out is just stupid. Matt Hayes is a dik. Do they really think that just because they say or write something it's true? What a worthless article. Sad that someone pays him to report that, among other things, Sankey has been working to save the ACC and Big 12 hides... that somehow the failed ACC/Big 10/Pac12 alliance was not in the best interest of college football (yet no mention of the SEC's and Big 10's alliance that will do much further damage)... that the Big 12 and ACC raid of other conferences is not in the best interest of college football (yet no mention of the SEC's and Big 10 raids that started all other raids)... just some really stupid stuff

Amid heated College Football Playoff debate, SEC's Greg Sankey unloads on ACC, Big 12

As debate over expanded College Football Playoff heats up, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey fires back at ACC, Big 12 rivals:

www.usatoday.com

 

[Cyhig]

We are currently seeing what happens when power is given to conference commissioners instead of one body overlooking all the teams

Each conference is out to look out for their own best interests. Meanwhile, nobody is looking out for the best interest of the game itself

This will not end well IMO

 

[HouClone]

Fox and ESPN are marching in lockstep with the Big 10 and SEC. I switched awhile ago my main sports page to CBS from ESPN. It is getting to the point where I will not consider Fox or ABC/ESPN for regular shows where these can be shown on other channels.

 

[AgronAlum]

I mean it sincerely they are quite close to losing me with all of this crap.

Chiefs/Royals/Pacers seems to be a pretty good fallback for me if college continues this way.

I started a slow transition to the NBA a couple years ago and haven't let up. I most definitely watched less CBB and more NBA this season. I was never huge on CFB outside of ISU but would watch games here and there on Saturdays. Now it's all NFL if I have the time.

The business of college sports is getting too gross and I'm just not up for it anymore.

 

[Kinch]

This is not sports journalism. This is the barker for the Barnum and Bailey circus.

The crap the SEC and media spew out is just stupid. Matt Hayes is a dik. Do they really think that just because they say or write something it's true? What a worthless article. Sad that someone pays him to report that, among other things, Sankey has been working to save the ACC and Big 12 hides... that somehow the failed ACC/Big 10/Pac12 alliance was not in the best interest of college football (yet no mention of the SEC's and Big 10's alliance that will do much further damage)... that the Big 12 and ACC raid of other conferences is not in the best interest of college football (yet no mention of the SEC's and Big 10 raids that started all other raids)... just some really stupid stuff

Amid heated College Football Playoff debate, SEC's Greg Sankey unloads on ACC, Big 12

As debate over expanded College Football Playoff heats up, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey fires back at ACC, Big 12 rivals:

www.usatoday.com

 

[Kinch]

Greg Sankey kicks off SEC spring meetings with selective memory and spin that fails the reality test

Outside of the SEC, winning simply becomes "not losing"

www.cbssports.com

 

[Kinch]

why are villains always named Greg?

 

[ScottyP]

SEC doing their best Purple Cobras impersonation.

 

[MugNight]

The auto bids are not to get more teams in the CFP, they are to get more money from CCG weekend. The problem with 2 is that you can’t really use that to create the conference championship weekend that the SEC and Big10 are planning to bring in even more revenue. They want to leverage those 4 spots to create two more games to play for the 3 and 4 spots. That’ll bring in a huge amount of money that the Big12 and ACC can’t with just 2. At the same time, that’ll devalue the Big12 and ACC CCG’s as they won’t have the exclusivity they get now because there will be SEC and Bug10 games all weekend.

Well said. Effectively the P2 is generating more inventory for its media partners.

 

[Clonefan32]

I think Sankey knows that the SEC's power is going to dwindle over time. If unchecked NIL continues, you are going to see other schools rise while the traditional SEC powers lose their competitive advantage. Frankly, I think you are already seeing it with Alabama. Financially, they can't keep up with Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame and Oregon. They don't have the donor base. I think the same can be said for Ole Miss, Auburn, Oklahoma and ****, maybe even Georgia. If other, richer schools decide to make a push (i.e., Texas Tech, BYU, Stanford, etc.), can they keep up? I think they know their power is in their prestige, and their prestige is based largely on years of cheating. Eventually, they wont have the financial means to keep up.

 

[JM4CY]

I think Sankey knows that the SEC's power is going to dwindle over time. If unchecked NIL continues, you are going to see other schools rise while the traditional SEC powers lose their competitive advantage. Frankly, I think you are already seeing it with Alabama. Financially, they can't keep up with Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame and Oregon. They don't have the donor base. I think the same can be said for Ole Miss, Auburn, Oklahoma and ****, maybe even Georgia. If other, richer schools decide to make a push (i.e., Texas Tech, BYU, Stanford, etc.), can they keep up? I think they know their power is in their prestige, and their prestige is based largely on years of cheating. Eventually, they wont have the financial means to keep up.

I get what you're saying but I have a real hard time believing those in the SEC power room have the ability right now to look that honest with themselves to even get there in their minds.

 

[im4cyclones]

This is all gonna get SO ugly

Just no interest in working together. Save myself in the short term even if it actually hurts me in the long run.

The tragedy of the commons - individuals acting solely with their own self-interest in mind can lead to a collective disaster when applied to finite resources.

 

[Clonefan32]

I get what you're saying but I have a real hard time believing those in the SEC power room have the ability right now to look that honest with themselves to even get there in their minds.

Your probably right. I truly believe the only SEC school with genuine staying power 10 years from now in the current system is Texas, and maybe Georgia. If they are being honest, they know their time at the top may be limited and the time to cement that is now.

 

[Clonehomer]

I think Sankey knows that the SEC's power is going to dwindle over time. If unchecked NIL continues, you are going to see other schools rise while the traditional SEC powers lose their competitive advantage. Frankly, I think you are already seeing it with Alabama. Financially, they can't keep up with Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame and Oregon. They don't have the donor base. I think the same can be said for Ole Miss, Auburn, Oklahoma and ****, maybe even Georgia. If other, richer schools decide to make a push (i.e., Texas Tech, BYU, Stanford, etc.), can they keep up? I think they know their power is in their prestige, and their prestige is based largely on years of cheating. Eventually, they wont have the financial means to keep up.

I’d really like to see how much of the NIL is coming from the alumni bases vs corporate entities. Of those $10m rosters, how much of that is coming from Nike to get the top recruits to wear their uniforms. Similar to how Adidas bought KU’s basketball teams over the years, they have a financial incentive to make sure the teams they have big contracts with stay relevant. I’m sure a lot of Texas’s NIL comes from oil money so maybe that’s not a problem, but does Bama keep their coffers filled just because they are Bama and it would hurt the value of a lot of contracts if they aren’t good? Heck, what’s to keep ESPN from getting involved in NIL to make sure their contracts retain value over Fox’s?

 

[jbhtexas]

I mean it sincerely they are quite close to losing me with all of this crap.

Chiefs/Royals/Pacers seems to be a pretty good fallback for me if college continues this way.

Same here.

I understand professional sports...they are capitalist entertainment businesses existing to make money for the owners and investors. I have no issue with that. They pay taxes. They normally support charities (generally in the millions of dollars) and support other activities in their respective communities. Some of the owners are entrepreneurs that invest in other endeavors to expand the economy.

But I really don't understand college sports now. It seems to have turned into this narcissistic entity that pursues more money just to spend more money on itself. The primary goal seems to be to acquire more funds to build more facilities and infrastructure just to "keep up" and match what the wealthiest members of the group have. The college ADs are 501(c)(3) organizations, but as I understand it, they don't pay taxes because they have somehow gotten their income exempt from UBIT. Many (most?) AD's are cutting back on scholarships (i.e. what they give back to the community). So what beneficial activity are the ADs providing to society that qualifies them to be tax exempt? How are these ADs furthering the mission of the university, be it education or research, that they are attached to?

 

[kingcy]

Not only do the other conference need to stop speaking up, but the lower-level teams in these conferences also need to speak up. The bottom 1/3 to 1/4 teams in these conferences are next to be left behind. If a major shift happens, they will have no conference home, because the other won't have enough money to support them and they will bring little value to another conference.

 

[ClonerJams]

Leaked footage of the SEC meeting