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Wrote this up a couple of weeks ago and decided to post it last nite in a different thread. Did it piecemeal and didn't get much traction ... so thought I would post it again as its own thread. This is just an idea thrown out there for discussion ...
Part I:
Started thinking of this because of the thread on the B10 going to 8 conf games ... so the good teams can get some easy wins to pad their resume for playoff/bowl consideration ... like what the SEC does. That made it clear that Quality is not of the utmost importance, wins are. Wins and eyeballs. In the context of cord cutting and move to online streaming/pay per view things are going to be changing between now and 2023-25 when all TV contracts expire/renew. Changing big time. Cable and the payouts ... when renewed ... will be the same (not going up) or maybe even going down, in my opinion anyway. Streaming and pay per view ... will be going up. A lot. Maybe hugely. Amazon. Netflix. Facebook. Twitter. Somebody is going to want to stream football games and will pay a lot to do it.
So my thoughts initially were along some sort of merger alliance of the B12 and PAC12. But I just couldn't the teams/numbers to work out. So ... the B1G 8 Conf games thing ... kinda sunk in and I thought ... that instead of playing out of conference mediocre teams why not invite these teams into the conference but structure the payouts based on how many eyeballs they brought. Teams that maybe shouldn't belong would get less, a lot less. Unless they brought a lot of eyeballs ... in streaming. More eyeballs they bring ... the more they get in revenue. And the new ... first ... super conference would really be an alliance of 2 conferences. 2 16 team conferences in an alliance ... spanning every timezone with good/great matchups ... every weekend, all day long. Could something like that work ??? How could you make it work ? That's what I dove into. So ... here goes.
Goals:
Maximize eyeballs. Good teams/schools with large alumni bases get priority.
Prioritize regional/historical matchups.
Name and "State" schools are kept together for in-state rivalries.
Set up interesting inter-regional matchups or culture mis-matches ... private vs public, commuter vs land grant, east coast vs west coast, etc.
Future potential may trump existing legacy.
Make sure the blue bloods/elites are happy, otherwise its a no go.
May have to include teams to make it politically acceptable.
In order to be "bowl eligible" some lesser teams will be invited. Grant wins for Elite teams to make sure they are considered for CFP. SEC has been doing this via out-of-conference scheduling, B1G is considering doing it too. This is the same thing but within-conference (keeps $$$ close to home).
Divisions will be organized with some elites, some good teams, and a bad team or two in each.
This does not imply parity between divisions !!!
Divisions will NOT be balanced or equal; that's ok !!!
Characteristics:
Conference will span EVERY TIMEZONE
TV/Bowl game revenue is not split evenly. Legacy B12/PAC teams get full equal share. New invites get 1/2. This is not a phase in ... its permanent.
Conference network may be created based on existing UT network or merger with PAC network ... with an emphasis on streaming.
Streaming revenue per school is based on #subscribers for that school. School keeps streaming revenue.
Pay per view events for major matchups ???
Specifics: new 32 team conference.
4 divisions of 8 teams ... North, South, East, West
Teams are the B12 + PAC12, with a mix of Mtn West and AAC teams.
Divisions are not balanced nor equal.
Divisions have specific alliances.
North is allied to South, East is allied to West
These alliances are hugely important !!!
Read on to see how that would work.
New teams added:
team/size
San Diego State - 34K
Colorado State - 33K
New Mexico - 26K
BYU - 33K
Cinci - 44K
UCF - 66K
USF - 49K
Memphis - 21K
Houston - 45K
UConn - 32K
Part I:
Started thinking of this because of the thread on the B10 going to 8 conf games ... so the good teams can get some easy wins to pad their resume for playoff/bowl consideration ... like what the SEC does. That made it clear that Quality is not of the utmost importance, wins are. Wins and eyeballs. In the context of cord cutting and move to online streaming/pay per view things are going to be changing between now and 2023-25 when all TV contracts expire/renew. Changing big time. Cable and the payouts ... when renewed ... will be the same (not going up) or maybe even going down, in my opinion anyway. Streaming and pay per view ... will be going up. A lot. Maybe hugely. Amazon. Netflix. Facebook. Twitter. Somebody is going to want to stream football games and will pay a lot to do it.
So my thoughts initially were along some sort of merger alliance of the B12 and PAC12. But I just couldn't the teams/numbers to work out. So ... the B1G 8 Conf games thing ... kinda sunk in and I thought ... that instead of playing out of conference mediocre teams why not invite these teams into the conference but structure the payouts based on how many eyeballs they brought. Teams that maybe shouldn't belong would get less, a lot less. Unless they brought a lot of eyeballs ... in streaming. More eyeballs they bring ... the more they get in revenue. And the new ... first ... super conference would really be an alliance of 2 conferences. 2 16 team conferences in an alliance ... spanning every timezone with good/great matchups ... every weekend, all day long. Could something like that work ??? How could you make it work ? That's what I dove into. So ... here goes.
Goals:
Maximize eyeballs. Good teams/schools with large alumni bases get priority.
Prioritize regional/historical matchups.
Name and "State" schools are kept together for in-state rivalries.
Set up interesting inter-regional matchups or culture mis-matches ... private vs public, commuter vs land grant, east coast vs west coast, etc.
Future potential may trump existing legacy.
Make sure the blue bloods/elites are happy, otherwise its a no go.
May have to include teams to make it politically acceptable.
In order to be "bowl eligible" some lesser teams will be invited. Grant wins for Elite teams to make sure they are considered for CFP. SEC has been doing this via out-of-conference scheduling, B1G is considering doing it too. This is the same thing but within-conference (keeps $$$ close to home).
Divisions will be organized with some elites, some good teams, and a bad team or two in each.
This does not imply parity between divisions !!!
Divisions will NOT be balanced or equal; that's ok !!!
Characteristics:
Conference will span EVERY TIMEZONE
TV/Bowl game revenue is not split evenly. Legacy B12/PAC teams get full equal share. New invites get 1/2. This is not a phase in ... its permanent.
Conference network may be created based on existing UT network or merger with PAC network ... with an emphasis on streaming.
Streaming revenue per school is based on #subscribers for that school. School keeps streaming revenue.
Pay per view events for major matchups ???
Specifics: new 32 team conference.
4 divisions of 8 teams ... North, South, East, West
Teams are the B12 + PAC12, with a mix of Mtn West and AAC teams.
Divisions are not balanced nor equal.
Divisions have specific alliances.
North is allied to South, East is allied to West
These alliances are hugely important !!!
Read on to see how that would work.
New teams added:
team/size
San Diego State - 34K
Colorado State - 33K
New Mexico - 26K
BYU - 33K
Cinci - 44K
UCF - 66K
USF - 49K
Memphis - 21K
Houston - 45K
UConn - 32K